supertitle

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noun

A surtitle.

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Meanings

nounsupertitle (plural supertitles)

plural supertitles

  1. A surtitle.
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    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 effective.

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

present singular third person supertitles · participle present supertitling · participle past supertitled · past 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

Synonyms & antonyms

nountranslation of the words of a foreign opera (or choral work) projected on a screen above the stage

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Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  3. Proto-Italic*super
  4. Latinsuper
  5. Latinsuper-
  6. Englishsuper-
  7. Latintitulus
  8. Old Englishtitul
  9. Middle Englishtitle
  10. Englishtitle
  11. Englishsupertitle

From super- + title.

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APA

supertitle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/supertitle

MLA

“supertitle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/supertitle. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “supertitle,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/supertitle.

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