Meaning

1 senses

  1. To compose mottos.

Examples

37 sentences

  1. That's my motto.

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  2. Do you have a motto?

    ruУ тебя есть девиз? — kukla

    deHast du ein Motto? — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  3. That was her motto in life.

    ruЭто был её девиз в жизни. — marafon

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  4. You mustn't carelessly believe the maker's motto.

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  5. "Better suffer than die" is humans' motto.

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Origin

Borrowed from Italian motto (“a word, a saying”), from Latin muttum (“a mutter, a grunt”),

Borrowed from Italian motto (“a word, a saying”), from Latin muttum (“a mutter, a grunt”), late 16th c. Doublet of mot.

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Forms

mottos, mottoing, mottoed, mottoed
Base formmotto · to motto
3rd person singularmottos
Present participlemottoing
Past simplemottoed
Past participlemottoed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theymotto
he, she, itmottos

Past simpleLesson

all personsmottoed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave mottoed
he, she, ithas mottoed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill motto

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
motorcyclistmotoristB2motorizemotorwayA2mouflonmouldB2mouldy

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