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overtitle

overtitle verb: to give too high a title or status to.

Verb

overtitle (third-person singular simple present overtitles, present participle overtitling, simple past and past participle overtitled)

  1. To give too high a title or status to.

Noun

overtitle (plural overtitles)

  1. (in plural) One of a set of lines displayed above a stage and manually synchronized with the speech of the actors, rather like television subtitles.

Forms of overtitle

Verb
third-person singular presentovertitles
present participleovertitling
past participleovertitled
pastovertitled
Noun
pluralovertitles

Origin of overtitle

From over- + title.

Questions about overtitle

What does overtitle mean?
Overtitle means to give too high a title or status to.
What part of speech is overtitle?
Overtitle can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of overtitle?
The past tense of overtitle is overtitled.

Words near overtitle in the dictionary

  1. overtire
  2. overtired
  3. overtiredness
  4. overtires
  5. overtiring
  6. overtitle
  7. overtitled
  8. overtitles
  9. overtitling
  10. overtitrate
  11. overtitrated

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