Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

overtitle

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
over-ti-tle
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To give too high a title or status to.

noun

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

Etymology

From over- + title.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

overtitles (present, singular) overtitling (participle, present) overtitled (participle, past) overtitled (past) overtitles (plural)

Questions

What does overtitle mean?
To give too high a title or status to.
Where does overtitle come from?
From over- + title.

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