Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tag question

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.39 in modern English

Syllables: tag ques-tion
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A question inviting the listener to indicate agreement, formed by adding a "tag" word or expression to a statement.

Inflected Forms

tag questions (plural)

Phrases

question tag

Frequently Paired Words

question tag

Synonyms

question tag

Questions

What does tag question mean?: A question inviting the listener to indicate agreement, formed by adding a "tag" word or expression to a statement.

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