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to retitle

to retitle

1 4.6
To give a new name to a work like a book or film
  • verb
  • /ˌriːˈtaɪtəl/
translation icon : renombrar
  • In the 1990s, Jane Austen would be forced to retitle her book, "Sense and Sensibility."
  • retitle the book
  • retitled edition

Examples

  • This is the award-winning Civil War novel Shades of Gray retitled Noble Cause with a new happily-ever-after ending.

    Blog text (30)

  • The May 1934 Music Supervisors Journal was announced as "the official organ of the Music Educators National Conference" (MENC), and the retitled Music Educators Journal debuted in September 1934.

    Academic text (2014)

  • But how can you better retitle your old videos?

  • Take Dave up on his offer to retitle the books and draw new covers.

    Blog text (9)

  • The movie should be retitled What the Butler Saw.

    Blog text (9)

  • Mumblecore is now retitled in my mind "Learnin' Movies."

    Blog text (14)

  • KSXP retained the copyright to your old segment title... ...so we retitled you: Morning Madness With Mike.

    The Ugly Truth (2009)

  • "TV and the Newer Media" (now retitled "The Humanities Today") offers our readers suggestions for articulating the popular media with classroom teaching.

    Academic text (1995)

  • As Hodsoll had indicated, the Artists in Education Program had been retitled the Arts in Education Program in 1988 to reflect the Endowment's broader programmatic thrust.

    Academic text (1999)

  • The film was retitled to better reflect its story and themes.

Synonyms

to title
vsto retitle
172 1.3

To give a name to a book, film, or work of art

is used when that name is changed later for an existing work
to entitle
vsto retitle
98 4.2

Give a name to a book, film, or painting

gives a new name specifically to an existing book or film
to rename
vsto retitle
64 2.3

Give a new name to a person, place, or thing

is applied specifically when changing names of creative works
to relabel
vsto retitle
3 3.4

To give something a new name

focuses on changing a work's published name rather than labels
to redesignate
vsto retitle
  • Formal
1 6.7

Give something a new official name or status

is used more informally for changing a work's public name

How Addressed

to retitle
1 4.6
to readdress
1 6.5
to rename
64 2.3
to call
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

retitle infinitive
retitled past
retitled past participle
retitling present participle
retitles third person singular

Morphology

retitle = title (transparent) = re + title

The meaning is directly compositional: to title something again or give it a new title.

Etymology

Retitle is made from re- 'again' and title 'name or heading', so to retitle a book or film is to give it a new name.