running title
- noun
- /ˈrʌnɪŋ ˈtaɪtəl/
- Jargon
:
título en curso
- Its running title was "An Ohioan on Broadway," a phrase that brought a rush of pride whenever I saw it.
Examples
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The running title of the book changed on each page to reflect its different chapters.
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Scanning the folios that contain the Lucidario, one is immediately struck by its diverse subject matter summarized in the running titles of each capítulo that deals with matters of theology, natural science, and juvenile queries about human nature.
Academic text (2003) -
And here Brian just posted elsewhere in recent weeks how Hellblazer was currently the longest-running title on the stands that hasn't been rebooted.
Blog text (16) -
When holding this small, portable book, which can be held and read easily in one hand, looking at the folios with enlarged decorative initials and running titles all in red ink, and meditating on the different scripta it contains, a simple question arises.
Academic text (2003) -
Each page of the magazine had a running title that indicated the article's subject.
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For easier navigation, the running title displayed the name of each section at the top of the page.
Synonyms
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A heading at the top of each page that shows the title or section
A heading printed at the top of each page showing the title or chapter
How Short
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is partly derivable: 'title' is clear and 'running' can be interpreted as 'continuous' or 'repeated', so a learner could infer it denotes a title that recurs on pages. However, the use of 'running' in this specific publishing sense is somewhat specialized and the fixed collocation may not be fully predictable to an average B1 learner without prior exposure, so it is only partially transparent.
Etymology
The noun running title comes from the idea of a running small title that 'runs' along the top of each page. It is a short name printed on every page to show the chapter or subject, so readers can 'keep track' of where they are.