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half-title

half-title is the alternative form of half title.

Meaning of half title

Noun

half title (plural half titles)

  1. (book printing) A page before the title page in a book, bearing the title but no further details.
  2. (book printing) An abbreviated title of a book at the head of the first page of the text, or a title of any subdivision of a book when printed in a full page.

Forms of half-title

pluralhalf-titles

Questions about half-title

What is half-title the alternative form of?
Half-title is the alternative form of half title.

Words near half-title in the dictionary

  1. half-timer
  2. half-timers
  3. half-times
  4. half-tint
  5. half-tints
  6. half-title
  7. half-titles
  8. half-ton
  9. half-tone
  10. half-toned
  11. half-tones

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Adapted from Wiktionary: half-title (page history and authors); half title (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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