Tra từ tag - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

tag [tag tags tagged tagging] noun, verb BrE [tæɡ] NAmE [tæɡ]
noun
1. countable (often in compounds)a small piece of paper, cloth, plastic, etc. attached to sth to identify it or give information about it
•He put name tags on all his shirts.
•a gift tag (= tied to a present)
•The police use electronic tags to monitor the whereabouts of young offenders on probation.
see also ↑price tag
2. countable, usually singular a name or phrase that is used to describe a person or thing in some way
•They are finally ready to drop the tag ‘the new Beatles’.
•The ‘lucky’ tag stuck for years.
3. countable (linguistics)a word or phrase that is added to a sentence for emphasis, for example I do in Yes, I do
see also ↑question tag
4. countable (computing)a set of letters or symbols that are put before and after a piece of text or data in order to identify it or show that it is to be treated in a particular way
5. countable a short ↑quotation or saying in a foreign language
•the Latin tag ‘Si vis pacem, para bellum.’ (= if you want peace, prepare for war)
6. (BrE also tig)uncountable a children's game in which one child chases the others and tries to touch one of them
7. countable a symbol or name used by a ↑graffiti writer and painted in a public place

Word Origin:
v. and n. senses 1 to 5 late Middle English ↑dagn. sense 6 mid 18th cent. ↑tig

Synonyms:
label
tag • sticker
These are all words for a piece of paper, fabric or plastic that is attached to sth and gives information about it.
label • a small piece of paper, fabric or plastic that is attached to sth in order to show what it is or give information about it: ▪ The washing instructions are on the label. ◇ ▪ address labels ◇ ▪ He'll only wear clothes with a ▪ designer label ▪.
tag • (often used in compounds) a small piece of paper, fabric or plastic that is attached to sth, or that sb wears, in order to give information about it/them: ▪ Everyone at the conference had to wear a name tag.
label or tag?
Labels in clothes are usually made of fabric and sewn in. Tags on clothes are usually made of cardboard and cut off before you wear the clothes. A name tag can be stuck or tied onto sb to show who they are: ▪ All babies in the hospital have name tags tied round their ankles.
Price tag is much more frequent than price label and is used for both literal and figurative meanings: ▪ What does the price tag say? ◇ ▪ There is a £20 million price tag on the team's star player. A label can also be a sticker that you put on an envelope.
sticker • a sticky label with a picture or message on it, that you stick on to sth.
a price label/tag/sticker
to have a label/tag/sticker
to attach/put on/stick on a label/tag/sticker
The label/tag/sticker says…

Example Bank:
•I still have to put gift tags on all the presents.
•The baby had a plastic name tag on its ankle.
•The president made several jokes in an attempt to shake off his ‘humourless’ tag.
•This designer suit carries a price tag of £2 000.
•All babies in the hospital have name tags tied around their ankles.
•Everyone at the conference had to wear a name tag.
•I attached a gift tag.
•I had to sew name labels/tags into all my son's clothes for school.
•There is a £2 million price tag on the team's star player.
•This wine is well worth its £8.95 price tag.
•What does the price tag say?
Derived: ↑tag along ▪ ↑tag something on ▪ ↑tag something onto something

verb (-gg-)
1. ~ sth/sb to fasten a ↑tag onto sth/sb
•Each animal was tagged with a number for identification.
•The containers were tagged with colour-coded labels.
see also ↑electronic tagging
2. ~ sb/sth as sth to give sb/sth a name that describes what they are or do
Syn: ↑label
•The country no longer wanted to be tagged as a Third World nation.
3. ~ sth (computing)to add a set of letters or symbols to a piece of text or data in order to identify it or show that it is to be treated in a particular way
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
v. and n. senses 1 to 5 late Middle English ↑dagn. sense 6 mid 18th cent. ↑tig

See also: ↑tig