geotag
geotag verb: to augment (a photograph or other item) with metadata indicating a geographic location.
Verb
geotag (third-person singular simple present geotags, present participle geotagging, simple past and past participle geotagged)
- To augment (a photograph or other item) with metadata indicating a geographic location.
- Got fans on me, IG story, know where I be / All geotagged, got brands on me, got ads on me2021, “On Me”, in Parallel World, performed by Cadence Weapon
Noun
geotag (plural geotags)
- A piece of metadata indicating a geographic location, attached to a photograph or other item.
- But Portman, quite self-deprecating about her social-media savvy, says she . . . isn’t quite fully at ease yet with the world of double-taps and geotags and storying.2018 February 12, Josh Duboff, “Reese Witherspoon Is Natalie Portman’s Instagram Guru”, in Vanity Fair
Forms of geotag
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | geotags |
| present participle | geotagging |
| past participle | geotagged |
| past | geotagged |
| Noun | |
| plural | geotags |
Origin of geotag
From geo- + tag.
Questions about geotag
- What does geotag mean?
- Geotag means to augment (a photograph or other item) with metadata indicating a geographic location.
- What part of speech is geotag?
- Geotag can be a verb or a noun.
- What is the past tense of geotag?
- The past tense of geotag is geotagged.
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