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The synonyms of “Tag” are: ticket, rag, shred, tag end, tatter, label, badge, mark, marker, tab, tally, sticker, docket, stub, chit, counterfoil, flag, stamp, designation, denomination, description, characterization, identification, identity, quotation, stock phrase, platitude, cliché, epithet, quote, extract, excerpt, passage, allusion, phrase, chase, chase after, dog, give chase, go after, tail, track, trail, attach tags to, put a label on, earmark, identify, indicate, designate, describe, classify, class, categorize, characterize, add, tack, join, follow
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “tag” as a noun can have the following definitions:
allusion | The practice of making allusions. The use of allusion. |
badge | A small piece of metal, plastic, or cloth bearing a design or words, typically worn to identify a person or to indicate membership of an organization or support for a cause. They checked everyone s badge before letting them in. |
characterization | The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features. She rejected that characterization of her film. |
chit | A dismissive term for a girl who is immature or who lacks respect. Write out a chit for whatever you take from the drinks cupboard. |
cliché | A trite or obvious remark. |
counterfoil | The part of a cheque, receipt, ticket, or other document that is torn off and kept as a record by the person issuing it. |
denomination | A name or designation. Orthodox Jewish denominations. |
description | Sort or variety. People who had seen him were able to give a description. |
designation | The action of choosing a place for a special purpose or giving it a special status. Quality designations such as Premier Cru. |
docket | A document or label listing the contents of a consignment or package. One new case on the docket from Florida. |
epithet | An epithet used as a term of abuse. Old men are often unfairly awarded the epithet dirty. |
excerpt | A passage selected from a larger work. She read out excerpts from an article in the Times. |
extract | A solution obtained by steeping or soaking a substance (usually in water. A shampoo with extract of camomile. |
flag | A drawing or symbol resembling a flag used as a marker. The flag s up. |
identification | A person’s sense of identity with someone or something. Do you have any identification. |
identity | (of an object) serving to establish who the holder, owner, or wearer is by bearing their name and often other details such as a signature or photograph. An identity card. |
label | A company that produces recorded music. Price labels. |
mark | A figure or letter representing the total number of marks awarded in an examination or competition and signifying a person s score. He signed his mark in the visitor s book. |
marker | A distinguishing symbol. The aim of the marker is to help the student do better next time. |
passage | A narrow way allowing access between buildings or to different rooms within a building a passageway. There were moorings for boats wanting passage through the lock. |
phrase | An expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up. The succession of downward phrases in the orchestra is so moving. |
platitude | A remark or statement, especially one with a moral content, that has been used too often to be interesting or thoughtful. She began uttering liberal platitudes. |
quotation | A passage or expression that is quoted or cited. A quotation from Mark Twain. |
quote | A passage or expression that is quoted or cited. Quotes for North Sea Brent were rising. |
rag | A boisterous practical joke (especially by college students. A rag of colts roamed the moorland. |
shred | A very small amount. Her dress was torn to shreds. |
stamp | An act or sound of stamping with the foot. Passports with visa stamps. |
sticker | A small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf. A disabled sticker for our car. |
stock phrase | A certificate documenting the shareholder’s ownership in the corporation. |
stub | The part of a check that is retained as a record. The ashtray was full of stubs. |
tab | The key on a typewriter or a word processor that causes a tabulation. Files with a red tab will be stored separately. |
tag end | A small piece of cloth or paper. |
tally | An account kept by means of a tally. Their first tally came in the 3rd inning. |
tatter | A small piece of cloth or paper. |
ticket | A label attached to a retail product, giving its price, size, and other details. Admission is by ticket only. |
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “tag” as a verb can have the following definitions:
add | Make an addition by combining numbers. This paper will add to her reputation. |
attach tags to | Be attached; be in contact with. |
categorize | Place into or assign to a category. Children learn early on to categorize. |
characterize | Be characteristic of. What characterizes a Venetian painting. |
chase | Cut a groove into. The cost of the police time needed to chase up every new offence. |
chase after | Cut a groove into. |
class | Arrange or order by classes or categories. Conduct which is classed as criminal. |
classify | Designate (documents or information) as officially secret. How would you classify these pottery shards are they prehistoric. |
describe | Move in a way which follows the outline of (an imaginary geometrical figure. Discreet Italian police described it in a manner typically continental. |
designate | Decree or designate beforehand. Certain schools are designated science schools. |
docket | Place on the docket for legal action. The clothes would be handed in and neatly docketed. |
dog | Go after with the intent to catch. The twenty nine year old has constantly been dogged by controversy. |
earmark | Give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause. The yard has been earmarked for a complete overhaul. |
flag | Communicate or signal with a flag. Problems often flag the need for organizational change. |
follow | Follow in or as if in pursuit. It thus follows from this equation that the value must be negative. |
give chase | Inflict as a punishment. |
go after | Have a turn; make one’s move in a game. |
identify | Give the name or identifying characteristics of refer to by name or some other identifying characteristic property. Because of my country accent, people identified me with a homely farmer's wife. |
indicate | Indicate a place direction person or thing either spatially or figuratively. Tetracycline is indicated in such cases. |
join | Cause to become joined or linked. The two roads join here. |
label | Attach a tag or label to. Insulin labelled with iodine 125 was used as a tracer. |
mark | Make or leave a mark on. The citizens mark the anniversary of the revolution with a march and a parade. |
put a label on | Make an investment. |
tack | Fasten with tacks. The castles have new wings and other bits tacked on. |
tail | Remove or shorten the tail of an animal. A flock of paparazzi had tailed them all over London. |
ticket | Of a passenger be issued with a travel ticket. The sports jacket had been ticketed at two hundred dollars. |
track | Of wheels run so that the back ones are exactly in the track of the front ones. Track mud into the house. |
trail | To lag or linger behind. Her robe trailed along the ground. |
asterisk | Mark a word or piece of text with an asterisk. He had asterisked the things about the case that still bothered him. |
bookmark | A record of the address of a website, file, or other data made to enable quick access in future. Fans will want to bookmark this site. |
catalog | Make a catalogue compile a catalogue. He is cataloguing his photographic negatives. |
catalogue | Make a catalogue compile a catalogue. The report catalogues dangerous work practices in the company. |
classification | A category into which something is put. The classification of the platypus was one of the critical issues of the 1830s. |
clue | Roll into a ball. A long pondered clue in a half completed crossword. |
connotation | What you must know in order to determine the reference of an expression. The word discipline has unhappy connotations of punishment and repression. |
cue | Give a cue to or for. His success was the cue for the rest of Fleet Street to forge ahead. |
diacritical | Capable of distinguishing- S.F.Nadel. |
embody | Represent or express something abstract in tangible form. Nothing of the personality of the Spirit as embodied in Jesus will be lost. |
exclamation | An exclamatory rhetorical device. She gave an exclamation of delight. |
guiding | Showing the way by conducting or leading; imposing direction on. A guiding principle. |
hide-and-seek | Try to get or reach. |
index | List in an index. The hundred shares index closed down 9 3. |
indicant | A thing which indicates something. Symptoms are the prime indicants of disease. |
indication | (medicine) a reason to prescribe a drug or perform a procedure. Heavy bleeding is a common indication for hysterectomy. |
label | Distinguish as a compound or molecule by introducing a labeled atom. Many pupils felt that they were labelled as failures. |
list | Give a building company etc listed status. Am I listed in your register. |
mark | Mark with a scar. His answer was just a punctuation mark. |
nomenclature | The term or terms applied to someone or something. The most important rule of nomenclature is that the name of a substance should be unambiguous. |
note | A written sign representing the pitch and duration of a musical note. His notes were appended at the end of the article. |
punctuate | Insert punctuation marks into. Style manuals tell you how to punctuate. |
punctuation | The marks, such as full stop, comma, and brackets, used in writing to separate sentences and their elements and to clarify meaning. Satisfactory standards of handwriting spelling grammar and punctuation. |
sign | Authorize a document or other written or printed material by attaching a signature. The theatre routinely puts on signed performances. |
signpost | Indicate a place with a signpost. Most of the walks were well signposted. |
sorting | Grouping by class or kind or size. The bottleneck in mail delivery is the process of sorting. |
tab | Identify as being of a specified type or suitable for a specified position. He opened the book at a page tabbed by a cloth bookmark. |
taxonomy | A classification of organisms into groups based on similarities of structure or origin etc. The taxonomy of these fossils. |
terminology | A system of words used to name things in a particular discipline. Legal terminology. |
ticket | Of a passenger be issued with a travel ticket. They were sure that Downing was ticketed for greatness. |
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