subtitle
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3.7
- noun
- /ˈsʌbˌtaɪl/
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subtítulo
- My approach to this subject, as the subtitle, "Notes of a Frequent Flier," suggests, is anecdotal and personal.
- title and subtitle
- subtitle of the book
- subtitle of the novel
And then the subtitle asks you, the reader, a question.
- And then the subtitle asks you, the reader, a question.
- I think that's the subtitle or the primary title of her Ted talk.
- So the our first book subtitle was called The Art and Science of Cooking.
- That turned out to be difficult, seeing that this claim is the subtitle of his book.
- Who did you have to leave out of that subtitle?
- It's a huge subtitle, probably inadvisably so.
- Well, the title of my book has that word in quotes in the subtitle because I don't think that anything's impossible.
- The title is prescriptive and and the title doesn't need a subtitle to explain it, but helps explain it.
- Let me ask you, if you aren't about the first part of the subtitle, how climate change panic costs us trillions.
- They, in her subtitle label it Heckler.
Examples
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She glanced at the subtitle, which explained the author's intent.
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Is it a book about justice, as the subtitle of the book suggests?
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The question mark in the subtitle above is deliberate.
Academic text (2017) -
And then the subtitle asks you, the reader, a question.
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By then he had also dropped the word "geography" from the subtitle of Landscape magazine.
Academic text (1998) -
And in particular, I'd like to talk about the subtitle of my new book, Rising Power, Shrinking Planet.
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Lemann's ambitious subtitle, after all, is "The Great Black Migration and How it Changed America."
Academic text (1991) -
The subtitle of the book provides insight into its main themes.
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The subtitle read, "A Journey Through Time," giving readers a hint of the book's content.
Synonyms
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3.2
A smaller title that shows what a section of writing is about
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3.5
A small heading inside a chapter or article to show the topic
A short line printed above a headline to give extra information
Compounds
How Informative
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Subtitle comes from the parts sub- and title, where sub- means 'under' and title is the name of a work. So a subtitle is a 'title under' the main title, used to give extra information or to explain what the book or article is about.