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Past tense of tag

regular verb

The past tense of tag is tagged. The past participle is also tagged.

Forms of tag

Base form (V1)tag /tæɡ/
Past tense (V2)tagged /tæɡd/
Past participle (V3)tagged /tæɡd/
Present participletagging /ˈtæɡɪŋ/
Third person singulartags /tæɡz/

Tagged in a sentence

  • He really tagged that ball.
  • He tagged the runner for the out.
  • Audio tracks were tagged by artist, and then subtagged by title and genre.From the entry subtag
  • All the tagged items are on sale.From the entry tagged
  • We tagged each item in the store.From the entry tagged

Meaning of tag

  1. noun A small label.
  2. noun A skin tag, an excrescence of skin.
  3. noun A dangling lock of sheep's wool, matted with dung; a dung tag.

Full definition of tag

Questions about the past tense of tag

What is the past tense of tag?
The past tense of tag is tagged.
What is the past participle of tag?
The past participle of tag is tagged.
Is tag a regular or irregular verb?
Tag is a regular verb: its past tense doubles the last letter and adds -ed.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: tag (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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