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tags on

tags on is the third-person singular simple present indicative of tag on.

Meaning of tag on

Verb

tag on (third-person singular simple present tags on, present participle tagging on, simple past and past participle tagged on)

  1. (chiefly public transport) To hover an RFID device such as a smartcard over a receiver, often with a graphical user interface, in order to make a payment or gain entry.
    • Contactless smart card readers can be mounted at each door of an LRT car, allowing a rider to “tag on” and “tag off” on boarding and alighting the vehicle.2003, Daniel Fleishman, United States. Federal Transit Administration, National Research Council (U.S.). Transportation Research Board, Fare policies, structures and technologies: update, page 39
    Synonyms:
    swipe, flash, tag, touch in

Questions about tags on

What is tags on the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Tags on is the third-person singular simple present indicative of tag on.

Words near tags on in the dictionary

  1. tagraggeries
  2. tagraggery
  3. tags
  4. tags along
  5. tags off
  6. tags on
  7. tags out
  8. tags up
  9. tagset
  10. tagsets
  11. tagsonomies

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Adapted from Wiktionary: tags on (page history and authors); tag on (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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