question tagnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈkwes.tʃən ˌtæɡ/us/ˈkwes.tʃən ˌtæɡ/a short phrase such as "isn't it" or "don't you" that is added to the end of a sentence to check information or to ask if someone agrees with you:
In the sentence "It's hot, isn't it?", "isn't it" is a question tag.
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Linguistics: question words & expressions
- devil
- how about...? idiom
- how, what, why, etc. on earth... idiom
- in God's/heaven's name idiom
- interrogative
- shall
- what the blazes...? idiom
- what's that (all) about (then)? idiom
- what's the score? idiom
- what/where/how/why the devil idiom
- whatever
- when
- whenever
- where
- which
- whither
- whose
- why
- world
- would you like...? idiom
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