motto
[noun]
Synonyms: saying, adage, dictum, maxim, precept, proverb, rule, slogan, watchword

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Related Words: byword, catchphrase, catchword, shibboleth, slogan, watchword, word

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mot‧to /ˈmɒtəʊ $ ˈmɑːtoʊ/ noun (plural mottos or mottoes) [countable]
[Date: 1500-1600; Language: Italian; Origin: 'word']
a short sentence or phrase giving a rule on how to behave, which expresses the aims or beliefs of a person, school, or institution:
‘Be prepared’ is the motto of the Boy Scouts.

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motto
noun
ADJ. club, family, school, etc.
VERB + MOTTO have Surfers have a motto?‘Life's a beach and then you die’.
coin, have sth as, use sth as He was the first to coin the motto ‘Make Love, Not War’. Let's use that as our motto.
PREP. ~ for a good motto for gardeners

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phrase a group of words that have a particular meaning when used together, or which someone uses on a particular occasion:
What was the phrase he used to describe her?
I’ve never heard of the phrase before.
The President often used the phrase ‘War on terror’.
expression a fixed phrase which is used in a language and has a particular meaning:
a colloquial expression (=an informal expression used in everyday spoken language)
The old-fashioned expression ‘in the family way’ means pregnant.
a common English expression
I was absolutely knackered, if you’ll pardon the expression (=used when you think someone might be offended by the words you have used).
idiom a group of words that has a special meaning which you cannot guess from the meanings of each separate word:
‘Under the weather’ is an idiom which means ‘ill’.
cliché a phrase that is boring and no longer original because people use it a lot:
The phrase ‘at the end of the day’ has become a real cliché.
There is some truth in the old cliché that time is a great healer.
saying/proverb a well-known phrase that gives advice about life:
Do you know the saying ‘A problem shared is a problem halved’?
There is an old Chinese proverb which states ‘A journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step’.
slogan a short phrase that is easy to remember, especially one that is used in advertising:
advertising slogans
Protesters were shouting anti-government slogans.
motto a phrase that expresses a person’s or organization’s beliefs and aims:
The school motto was ‘Truth and Honour’.

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