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# tag

«tag» in Mova's school dictionary: **a small label tied or stuck on something, like a price…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (tag, tags); verb (tag, tags, tagged, tagging)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A tag is a small label tied or stuck on something, like a price tag or a name tag. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tag/#m1)

2) Tag is a running game where one player chases and touches the others. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tag/#m2)

3) To tag is to touch someone in the game, or to put a label on something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tag/#m3)

4) To tag along is to go with others. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tag/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

a price tag or a label counted; in the playground, a game of tag; online, tagging people in a photo; phrases «price tag», «name tag», «tag along», «You're it!»

### examples

- The price tag says 15 dollars. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tag/#x1)
- Each shirt has a tag. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tag/#x2)
- She put 20 name tags on the desk. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tag/#x3)
- They played tag for 30 minutes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tag/#x4)
- Tag, you're it! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tag/#x5)
- Can I tag along to the shops? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tag/#x6)
- The dog wears a tag with its name. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tag/#x7)
- Cut the tag off your new shirt. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tag/#x8)
- The scientists put tags on the birds to follow them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tag/#x9)
- Ask before you tag a friend in a photo. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tag/#x10)

### note

A label; a price tag gives a price. Trap: «played tag» is a game, not a thing counted. Online safety: do not tag people or places in photos without asking.

### In the corpora

- [Borrowing always has a price called interest, so the total paid back is more than the price tag.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/8-borrowing-and-debt/2/)
- [In graffiti slang, bombing means spraying lots of tags quickly, usually illegally; it has nothing to do with real bombs.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/19-street-art-and-graffiti-legal-walls-vs-vandalism/12/)
- [Released animals often wear radio collars or satellite tags, so scientists can see whether they find food, survive and have young.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/114-back-to-the-wild/13/)
- [Games rely on players being honest about what happened, like being tagged.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/200-cheating-in-games/14/)
- [If a game of tag gets too rough, you say it needs to be gentler and tell the duty teacher if it continues.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/257-school-adults-and-the-playground/11/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «tag» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tag/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.