motto — meaning in English

English meaning

• epigraph noun An inscription, especially on a building.
• motto noun A short phrase that expresses a guiding belief or principle.

Senses

motto is used for these senses in English:

• epigraph A literary quotation placed at the beginning of a book or other text.
• motto (heraldry) A sentence, phrase, or word, forming part of an heraldic achievement.
• motto A sentence, phrase, or word, prefixed to an essay, discourse, chapter, canto, or the like, suggestive of its subject matter; a short, suggestive expression of a guiding principle; a maxim.

epigraph — full definition

1. noun An inscription, especially on a building.
2. noun A literary quotation placed at the beginning of a book or other text.
3. noun The set of all points lying on or above the function's graph.

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