"overtitle" meaning in English

See overtitle in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: overtitles [plural]
Etymology: From over- + title. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|over|title}} over- + title Head templates: {{en-noun}} overtitle (plural overtitles)
  1. (chiefly in the plural) One of a set of lines displayed above a stage and manually synchronized with the speech of the actors, rather like television subtitles. Tags: in-plural
    Sense id: en-overtitle-en-noun-oqGjwsAY Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with over-, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 91 9 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with over-: 74 26 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 91 9

Verb

Forms: overtitles [present, singular, third-person], overtitling [participle, present], overtitled [participle, past], overtitled [past]
Etymology: From over- + title. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|over|title}} over- + title Head templates: {{en-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.
    Sense id: en-overtitle-en-verb-~4a-4XEd

Inflected forms

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