to tag on

Examples

• All

• Many students choose to tag on a few extra points to their assignments to improve their grades.

• What about a special tag on all of his comments?

  Blog text (13)

• Incorporate the title tag on all pages for your site, thereby linking them all together.

  Blog text (13)

• "A lot of employers, for example, will undertake an annual staff satisfaction survey, so why not tag on a health risk appraisal?

  Academic text (2010)

• Occasionally, when I'm boarding a tiny "puddlejumper" plane, the airline will ask to put a tag on the bag and then return it to me at the top of the ramp when we arrive.

  Blog text (13)

• She decided to tag on a note to the invitation explaining the dress code.

• The chef opted to tag on a special dessert to the menu for the holiday season.

Synonyms

A

to add

vsto tag on

∞ 1.0

Include something extra to make something larger or better

narrows this to attaching extras often as an afterthought rather than general increase

P

to put on

vsto tag on

∞ 1.7

To add something to a building to make it larger

stresses adding extras usually as an afterthought rather than planned extension

T

to throw in

vsto tag on

• Informal

263 2.7

Add something extra for free

focuses on attaching extras regardless of payment or promotional intent

A

to add on

vsto tag on

80 3.2

To attach something extra to what already exists

highlights adding extras often as an afterthought rather than routine addition

T

to tack on

vsto tag on

30 4.1

Add something extra that was not planned

focuses on attaching or adding extras, not always hurried or improvised

A

to append

vsto tag on

8 4.6

To add something to the end of a document or list

is broader, covering attaching extras in many contexts beyond documents

Antonyms

D

to detach

23 3.9

To take something off from what it is connected to

How Added

to tack on

30 4.1

to tag on

• Informal

4 3.4

to append

8 4.6

to attach

599 2.5

Surface Forms

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Etymology