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# hashtag

noun (a hashtag, hashtags); verb (hashtag, hashtags, hashtagged, hashtagging — informal)

«hashtag» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A word or phrase with the # sign in front, used on social media so that posts on the same topic can be found together: #worldbookday. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hashtag/#m1)
2. (UK) The # symbol itself is sometimes called a hashtag; it is also called hash, pound sign (US) or number sign. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hashtag/#m2)
3. (informal, joke) Said out loud before a phrase to sound trendy: hashtag winning. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hashtag/#m3)

### In the lessons

In computing and online-safety lessons and in everyday life on social media. Phrases: use a hashtag, trending hashtag, hashtag campaign.

### Examples

- The school posted photos with the hashtag #sportsday. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hashtag/#x1)
- That hashtag is trending all over the world. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hashtag/#x2)
- Type a hashtag to find posts about the match. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hashtag/#x3)
- Hashtags have no spaces between the words. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hashtag/#x4)
- My sister said hashtag best day ever as a joke. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hashtag/#x5)
- Press the hashtag key at the end of the phone number. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hashtag/#x6)

### Note

Plural hashtags. In the USA the # key on a phone is often called the pound key; in the UK it is the hash key. Online safety: hashtags make your post public and easy to find.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «hashtag» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hashtag/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«hashtag» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/hashtag.html) on Mova free.