tag

Topic: COMPUTERS

tag
2 verb

tag2 past tense and past participle tagged, present participle tagging [transitive]

1D to attach a tag to something:

Each bird was tagged and released into the wild.

2 to give someone or something a name or title, or describe them in a particular way

be tagged (as) something

The country no longer wants to be tagged as a Third World nation.

3TD to attach a tag in a computer program or document:

All the words are tagged with their part of speech.

4 informal to illegally paint your name on a wall, vehicle etc

5 American English to touch someone you are chasing in a game, especially to touch someone with the ball in baseball

phrasal verb

to go somewhere with someone, especially when they have not asked you to go with them [= tag on British English]

tag along with

Kate tagged along with mum and Vicky.

phrasal verb

to add something, especially something that was thought of later

2 British English to tag along

Definition of tag from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English within
the topic COMPUTERS