Meaning of "sag" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SAG

From Scandinavian; compare Swedish sacka, Dutch zakken, Norwegian dialect sakka to subside, Danish sakke to lag behind.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF SAG

sag  [sæɡ]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SAG

Sag is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb sag in English.

WHAT DOES SAG MEAN IN ENGLISH?

SAG

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Definition of sag in the English dictionary

The first definition of sag in the dictionary is to sink or cause to sink in parts, as under weight or pressure. Other definition of sag is to fall in value. Sag is also to hang unevenly; droop.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO SAG

PRESENT

Present

I sag

you sag

he/she/it sags

we sag

you sag

they sag

Present continuous

I am sagging

you are sagging

he/she/it is sagging

we are sagging

you are sagging

they are sagging

Present perfect

I have sagged

you have sagged

he/she/it has sagged

we have sagged

you have sagged

they have sagged

Present perfect continuous

I have been sagging

you have been sagging

he/she/it has been sagging

we have been sagging

you have been sagging

they have been sagging

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I sagged

you sagged

he/she/it sagged

we sagged

you sagged

they sagged

Past continuous

I was sagging

you were sagging

he/she/it was sagging

we were sagging

you were sagging

they were sagging

Past perfect

I had sagged

you had sagged

he/she/it had sagged

we had sagged

you had sagged

they had sagged

Past perfect continuous

I had been sagging

you had been sagging

he/she/it had been sagging

we had been sagging

you had been sagging

they had been sagging

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will sag

you will sag

he/she/it will sag

we will sag

you will sag

they will sag

Future continuous

I will be sagging

you will be sagging

he/she/it will be sagging

we will be sagging

you will be sagging

they will be sagging

Future perfect

I will have sagged

you will have sagged

he/she/it will have sagged

we will have sagged

you will have sagged

they will have sagged

Future perfect continuous

I will have been sagging

you will have been sagging

he/she/it will have been sagging

we will have been sagging

you will have been sagging

they will have been sagging

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would sag

you would sag

he/she/it would sag

we would sag

you would sag

they would sag

Conditional continuous

I would be sagging

you would be sagging

he/she/it would be sagging

we would be sagging

you would be sagging

they would be sagging

Conditional perfect

I would have sag

you would have sag

he/she/it would have sag

we would have sag

you would have sag

they would have sag

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been sagging

you would have been sagging

he/she/it would have been sagging

we would have been sagging

you would have been sagging

they would have been sagging

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you sag
we let´s sag
you sag

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to sag

Past participle

sagged

Present Participle

sagging

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «SAG»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «sag» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of sag

bag · bulge · cave in · decline · depression · dip · downturn · droop · drop · fall · flag · flop · give way · lapse · loll · seat · settle · sink · slide · slip · slump · swag · tire · wane · weaken · wilt

TRANSLATION OF SAG

Find out the translation of sag to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of sag from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «sag» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: > 下垂
• Translator English - Spanish: aflojarse
• English: sag
• Translator English - Hindi: शिथिलता
• Translator English - Arabic: تبلد
• Translator English - Russian: провисания
• Translator English - Portuguese: cair
• Translator English - Bengali: পাশে ঝুলিয়া পড়া
• Translator English - French: s´affaisser
• Translator English - Malay: Sag
• Translator English - German: durchhängen
• Translator English - Japanese: たるむ
• Translator English - Korean: 처지다
• Translator English - Javanese: Sag
• Translator English - Vietnamese: xiên qua một bên
• Translator English - Tamil: தொய்வை
• Translator English - Marathi: शिथिल
• Translator English - Turkish: sarkma
• Translator English - Italian: afflosciarsi
• Translator English - Polish: SAG
• Translator English - Ukrainian: провисання
• Translator English - Romanian: sag
• Translator English - Greek: sag
• Translator English - Afrikaans: sag
• Translator English - Swedish: SAG
• Translator English - Norwegian: sag

4 QUOTES WITH «SAG»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word sag.

1

Michael Palmer

I just want people to get lost in the story and at the end kind of sag and say, 'That was fun.' It's hardly my desire for them to sit and think, 'What a great literary image.'

2

Virginia Postrel

Clothing creates the illusion that bodies fit an aesthetically pleasing norm. And that illusion depends on getting the fit right. Garments that bunch, pull, or sag call attention to figure flaws and often make people look worse than they would without clothes.

3

Ernie Pyle

The men are walking. They are fifty feet apart, for dispersal. Their walk is slow, for they are dead weary, as you can tell even when looking at them from behind. Every line and sag of their bodies speaks their inhuman exhaustion.

4

Janet Street-Porter

I've owned more sofas than I've had husbands. Both sag in the end, but I generally fall out of love with the furniture quicker than the men.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SAG»

Discover the use of sag in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to sag and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Sag Harbor

'It's rare to come across a coming-of-age novel as polished as Colson Whitehead's Sag Harbor' New Statesman 'Remarkable... Whitehead's language here is relaxed and playful, a tribute to youth.

Colson Whitehead, 2013

Voices of Sag Harbor: A Village Remembered

My mother's family first came to Sag Harbor around 1930. My great-uncle, James Edward (Jimmy) Harris, arrived aboard his boat, a 40-footer named the Jane Lyden. Jane Lyden was his mother, an immigrant from Ireland. Jimmy was a ...

Nina Tobier, 2007

Keeping time in Sag Harbor

The work to protect this architecture in the face of booming real estate development is at the heart of Longmire's account.

Stephen Longmire, Joyce Egginton, 2007

Head-Driven Phrase Structure Grammar

This book presents the most complete exposition of the theory of head-driven phrase structure grammar (HPSG), introduced in the authors' Information-Based Syntax and Semantics.

Carl Pollard, Ivan A. Sag, 1994

The Sag-tablet, Lexical Texts in the Ashmolean Museum, ...

24' sag-rxl-[ ] 13' sag-mi r-e 25' sag-NIG-[ ] 14' sag-bur 26' sag-rxl-[ ] 15' sag-bur- ra 27' TsagW ] 16' sag-dab,, '-ba ' Col. viii 17' sag-a-ak 1' [sagWxl-galam 18' [sag]- KA 2' Tsag-xl-tur-se-ak 19' [sag] -TAR 3' sag-nu-tuku 20' [sag] -TAR 4' ...

Miguel Civil, Oliver Robert Gurney, Douglas A. Kennedy, 1986

MRI and CT of the Female Pelvis

Parameters used for functional cine MRI of the pelvic floor: survey of the literature ?, Not specified; sag, sagittal; cor, coronal; ax, axial; r, rest; c, contract; s, strain; d, defecate; PCL, pubococcygeal line; MPL, midpubic line; SSL, symphysiosacral ...

Bernd Hamm, A.L: Baert, Rosemarie Forstner, 2007

The Movie Business: The Definitive Guide to the Legal and ...

SAG requires that you post a bond. For example, currently SAG requires that the producer deposit an amount of money equal to 40 percent of the estimated total cast payroll with SAG.6 (Thus, you will have to submit the amount you intend to ...

Kelly Crabb, 2005

The Pocket Lawyer for Filmmakers: A Legal Toolkit for ...

PREPROD. What Is SAG? The Screen Actors Guild (SAG) is a labor union for professional film and televi- sion actors. Production companies that want to work with actors who are SAG members must become signatories of the SAG Codified  ...

Thomas A. Crowell, 2012

101 Harley-Davidson Twin Cam Performance Projects

Sag: The difference in height, measured as suspension travel, between a bike with its suspension fully topped out, and with the suspension loaded with the weight of a rider and fuel. Sag is independently set at the front fork and the rear shock ...

Chris Maida Mark Zimmerman

Syntactic Theory: A Formal Introduction

This second edition of Syntactic Theory: A Formal Introduction expands and improves upon a truly unique introductory syntax textbook.

Ivan A. Sag, Thomas Wasow, Emily M. Bender, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SAG»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term sag is used in the context of the following news items.

Carol Burnett to Receive SAG Life Achievement Award

SAG-AFTRA is so glad it had this time together with Carol Burnett that it is honoring the comedian and TV legend with the 2015 SAG Life Achievement Award. «Variety, Jul 15»

George Coe, Oscar-Nominated Actor and SAG Activist, Dies at 86

George Coe, an actor with extensive credits and a longtime activist in the Screen Actors Guild, died Saturday in Santa Monica, Calif., after battling a long illness. «Variety, Jul 15»

SAG Awards 2015: Complete List of Winners

SAG Awards The 2015 Screen Actors Guild Awards aired Sunday, Jan. 25, with the best of Hollywood selecting their peers in respective categories -- see the ... «Us Magazine, Jan 15»

Sofia Vergara Flashes Huge Engagement Ring at 2015 SAG …

Sofia Vergara and Joe Manganiello stunned at the SAG Awards. ... 25 for the 2015 Screen Actors Guild Awards with her fiancé Joe Manganiello by her side. «Us Magazine, Jan 15»

SAG backstage: Arquette on aging; actors love 'Birdman'

Stars mingled on the red carpet and met with the media backstage at Sunday's Screen Actors Guild Awards. USA TODAY's Bryan Alexander, Bill Keveney and ... «USA TODAY, Jan 15»

SAGs respond: Did they reveal an applause track?

Well, we thought a sound technician revealed the secret to all the enthusiastic clapping at the SAG Awards: it sounded as if an applause track was cued early. «USA TODAY, Jan 15»

Best Dressed Stars at the 2015 SAG Awards: Keira Knightley, Reese …

You know what was great about the 2015 SAG Awards? The red carpet basically had an amazing gown in every color. Starting with the always stunning Sofía ... «E! Online, Jan 15»

Naomi Watts Trips Over Emma Stone's Dress Onstage at SAG …

Naomi Watts attends TNT's 21st Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at The Shrine Auditorium on January 25, 2015 in Los Angeles, California. Credit: Kevork ... «Us Magazine, Jan 15»

Screen Actors Guild Awards 2015: Complete list of nominees and …

"Birdman" took top movie honors at the 21st Screen Actors Guild Awards on Sunday night, winning the SAG Award for cast in a motion picture. The top television ... «Los Angeles Times, Dec 14»

Debbie Reynolds to receive 2014 SAG Lifetime Achievement Award

In January, the Screen Actors Guild will award its 51st Lifetime Achievement Award to Debbie Reynolds. Reynolds has been on the big screen, television, and ... «Entertainment Weekly, Aug 14»