motto
noun/ˈmɒtəʊ/
/ˈmɑːtəʊ/
(plural mottoes, mottos)
- a short sentence or phrase that expresses the aims and beliefs of a person, a group, an institution, etc. and is used as a rule of behaviour
- The school's motto is: ‘Duty, Honour, Country’.
- ‘Live and let live.’ That's my motto.
Extra Examples- Let's use that as our motto.
- Surfers have a motto—‘Life's a beach and then you die’.
- a good motto for gardeners
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- company
- family
- school
- …
- have
- become
- adopt
- …
- motto for
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from Italian, ‘word’.Want to learn more?
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