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subheading en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- English heading English subheading From sub- + heading.

Meanings

  1. Any of the headings under which each of the main divisions of a subject may be subdivided.
    • And puritans give much the same warning in a manner suggesting that though the eating of rich foods is not among the seven deadly sins, it is at least a bona fide subheading under the general category of gluttony. 1981 May 9, Mimi Sheraton, “DE GUSTIBUS; WHEN IS FOOD RICH? IT'S ALL A QUESTION OF SEMANTICS”, in The New York Times:
    • Most subheadings don’t do much to enhance a document. The whistle-blower’s subheadings do what the best subheadings do: They structure the complaint and provide a clear outline of what the document contains: […] 2019 September 27, Jane Rosenzweig, “The Whistle-Blower Knows How to Write”, in The New York Times:
  2. A heading or caption subordinate to a main headline, heading, or title especially when inserted as a divider between sections (as of a newspaper or periodical article or story or text of a book).

Forms

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Synonyms

subhead · dek

Translations (17)

de Unterüberschrift (heading subdividing a subject) · nl tussenkop (heading subdividing a subject) · el υπότιτλος (heading subdividing a subject) · cy isbennawd (heading subdividing a subject) · ga fotheideal (heading subdividing a subject) · es acápite seccional / menor (heading subdividing a subject) · ga fo-mhírcheann (heading subdividing a subject) · ga fo-cheannteideal (heading subdividing a subject) · io subtitulo (heading subdividing a subject) · ru подзаголо́вок (heading subdividing a subject) · tum kamutu (heading subdividing a subject) · ga fo-rúibric (heading subdividing a subject) · uk підза́головок (heading subdividing a subject) · da underoverskrift (heading subdividing a subject) · cs podnadpis (heading subdividing a subject) · pl śródtytuł (heading subdividing a subject) · es subtítulo (heading subdividing a subject)