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tag ques.tion[t'æg kwestʃən] n oração interrogativa acrescentada ao fim de uma afirmação, sugerindo concordância, como, por exemplo: you can, can’t you? / você pode, não pode? -
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[tæɡ] 1. noun1) (a label: a price-tag; a name-tag.) etiqueta2) (a saying or quotation that is often repeated: a well-known Latin tag.) citação3) (something small that is added on or attached: a question-tag such as `isn't it?') apêndice4) (a children's game in which one player chases the others and tries to touch one of them: to play tag.)2. verb(to put a tag or label on something: All the clothes have been tagged.) etiquetar- tag on* * *[tæg] n 1 etiqueta, identificação. 2 rabo, ponta solta, trapo, cauda. 3 ponta metálica em cordão (de sapato). 4 final, fim, estribilho, refrão. 5 apêndice, penduricalho. 6 citação retórica. 7 citação, clichê, chavão. 8 epíteto, rótulo, apelido. 9 placa de licença (automóvel). 10 mecha de cabelo emaranhada. 11 marca de identificação em pichação, assinatura. 12 pegador, pique, pega-pega (jogo infantil). • vt+vi 1 colocar pontas em cordão. 2 marcar preço de mercadoria. 3 juntar, acrescentar. 4 tocar, pegar (no jogo de pegador). question tag oração interrogativa acrescentada ao fim de uma afirmação, sugerindo concordância. to tag along seguir de perto. -
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[tæɡ] 1. noun1) (a label: a price-tag; a name-tag.) rótulo, etiqueta2) (a saying or quotation that is often repeated: a well-known Latin tag.) citação, refrão3) (something small that is added on or attached: a question-tag such as `isn't it?') apêndice4) (a children's game in which one player chases the others and tries to touch one of them: to play tag.)2. verb(to put a tag or label on something: All the clothes have been tagged.) rotular- tag on -
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ques.tion tag[kw'estʃən tæg] n expressão interrogativa acrescentada a uma afirmação para sugerir concordância. You can go, can’t you? / você pode ir, não pode?————————question tagoração interrogativa acrescentada ao fim de uma afirmação, sugerindo concordância.
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tag question — This is the grammarians name for a question added at the end of a statement and acting as a reinforcer rather than seeking an answer, as in You will do this for me, won t you? / She has been to America, hasn t she? / I don t need an umbrella, do… … Modern English usage
tag question — tag .question n technical a question that is formed by adding a phrase such as can t we? , wouldn t he? , or is it? to a sentence … Dictionary of contemporary English
tag question — tag ,question noun count LINGUISTICS a word or phrase such as isn t it? or haven t you? that you can add to a sentence to make a question … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
tag question — n. a brief question with the general meaning “Is it not so?”, added to a declarative or imperative sentence: it is negative in construction when the original sentence is affirmative, and vice versa (Ex.: It isn t raining, is it? Hurry now, won t… … English World dictionary
Tag question — A Tag question (also: question tag) is a grammatical structure in which a declarative statement or an imperative is turned into a question by adding an interrogative fragment (the tag ). The term tag question is generally preferred by American… … Wikipedia
tag question — noun Etymology: tag (I) : a question (as isn t it in “it s fine, isn t it?” or is it in “Oh it is, is it?”) added to a statement or command (as to gain the assent of or challenge the person addressed) ; also : a sentence ending in a tag question… … Useful english dictionary
tag question — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms tag question : singular tag question plural tag questions linguistics a question tag … English dictionary
tag question — noun Date: 1933 a question (as isn t it in “it s fine, isn t it?”) added to a statement or command (as to gain the assent of or challenge the person addressed); also a sentence ending in a tag question … New Collegiate Dictionary
tag question — tag′ ques tion n. gram. a short interrogative structure appended to a statement or command, often inviting confirmation or assent, as isn t it in It s raining, isn t it?[/ex] • Etymology: 1960–65 … From formal English to slang
tag question — /ˈtæg kwɛstʃən/ (say tag kweschuhn) noun Grammar a question in the form of a statement followed by a short question requesting confirmation or negation from the listener, as in It is cold today, isn t it? or We must leave immediately, do you… …
tag question — Gram. 1. Also called tag. a short interrogative structure appended to a statement or command, as isn t it in It s raining, isn t it?, are you in You re not going, are you?, or German nicht wahr. 2. a question formed by appending such a structure… … Universalium
