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# subheading

«subheading» in Mova's school dictionary: **a smaller heading under the main heading of a text…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a subheading, subheadings)

### meaning for a pupil

A subheading is a smaller heading under the main heading of a text, telling you what one section is about. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/subheading/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

English and reading lessons: non-fiction texts, reports and leaflets use subheadings to organise information; they help you skim and find facts quickly. When writing a report, pupils add subheadings like «Habitat», «Diet», «Life cycle». Subheadings are a structural (organisational) feature of a text.

### examples

- Add subheadings to your report on penguins. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/subheading/#x1)
- The subheading «Diet» tells you what the animal eats. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/subheading/#x2)
- Use the subheadings to find the answer quickly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/subheading/#x3)
- Our leaflet had a title and four subheadings. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/subheading/#x4)
- Each subheading starts a new section. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/subheading/#x5)
- Subheadings are usually in bold. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/subheading/#x6)

### note

Countable, one word (also «sub-heading»). Also called a subtitle or subhead. A heading is the main title; a subheading is under it.

### In the corpora

- [In non-fiction, headings, subheadings and signposts such as "Firstly, secondly, finally" organise the text.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/37-paragraphs-and-cohesion-holding-a-text-together/14/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «subheading» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/subheading/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.