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supertitle

supertitle noun: a surtitle.

Noun

supertitle (plural supertitles)

  1. A surtitle.
    • Despite writing that can be confusing — we are not told, for example, how Oishi’s group of 56 ronin ended up just 47, or maybe a supertitle zipped by too quickly — the story moves at a steady clip. And Dachs’s decision to have women play some of the male roles, most prominently Kira, is very...2022 October 24, Elisabeth Vincentelli, “‘Chushingura — 47 Ronin’ Review: A Sprawling Tale of Loyalty”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 27 Oct 2022

Verb

supertitle (third-person singular simple present supertitles, present participle supertitling, simple past and past participle supertitled)

  1. To surtitle.
    • This declaration, by the British director Peter Brook, is one of dozens that are recited, chanted, sung, supertitled or otherwise transmitted in the course of “Dr. C (Or How I Learned to Act in Eight Steps),” presented by Theater Mitu at the 3LD Art & Technology Center.2009 June 13, Daniel M. Gold, “Serious Thoughts About What’s Onstage”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 26 Nov 2022

Forms of supertitle

Noun
pluralsupertitles
Verb
third-person singular presentsupertitles
present participlesupertitling
past participlesupertitled
pastsupertitled

Origin of supertitle

From super- + title.

Questions about supertitle

What does supertitle mean?
Supertitle means a surtitle.
What part of speech is supertitle?
Supertitle can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of supertitle?
The plural of supertitle is supertitles.

Words near supertitle in the dictionary

  1. supertight
  2. supertile
  3. supertiles
  4. supertiny
  5. supertired
  6. supertitle
  7. supertitled
  8. supertitles
  9. supertitling
  10. supertonic
  11. supertonics

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