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title page

title page

5 2.0
The page at the start of a book that shows the book's name, author, and publisher
  • noun
  • /ˈtaɪtəl peɪdʒ/
translation icon : página de título
  • The first thing she noticed when she opened the book was the title page, which displayed the author's name and publisher.
  • the title page of the book
  • name on the title page
  • the title page and author

So like if you're just starting out, your title page needs to look right.

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Examples

  • So like if you're just starting out, your title page needs to look right.

  • Ms. Heather says the title, repeats the title, and turns to the title page.

    Academic text (2007)
  • I mean, it's on the title page if you check inside.

  • The Just So Stories are "For Little Children" -- it's written on the title page.

    Academic text (2003)
  • We printed two copies of this page, one as the book cover and one as the title page.

    Academic text (2012)
  • But here's the title page, the first volume.

  • Here, look," June said, opening to the title page, "it's an autographed copy.

    Fiction book (2000)
  • And here's the American title page again, just showing you how photographs can be used with text.

  • Well, this is the title page for Macbeth signed by Shakespeare himself.

  • Interest was great enough to justify reprinting it with a new title page in 1609.

    Academic text (2010)

Surface Forms

title page singular
title pages plural

Morphology

title + page

The MWE meaning is directly compositional: combining 'title' (the name/heading of a work) with 'page' (a sheet or side) yields the page that displays the title, author, and publisher. This is a common, literal book-related compound and is cross-linguistically obvious, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily infer the meaning.

Etymology

The noun title page comes from the page at the start of a book that shows the title, author, and publisher. Because that page tells readers the book's name and who made it, people began to call it the 'title page', and it still means that first page today.