motto
/ˈmɑ.toʊ/ noun B1- A personal slogan. · You have to be in it to win it — that's my motto.
- A sentence, phrase, or word, forming part of an heraldic achievement.
- 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.
Plural mottos
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Once, when nobody was looking, Gilbert took from his desk a little pink candy heart with a gold motto on it, “You are sweet,” and slipped it under the curve of Anne’s arm.
The motto of all the mongoose family is “Run and find out,” and Rikki-tikki was a true mongoose.
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