Meaning & use
Tito
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Meaning
proper nounproper
Josip Broz Tito, the Communist leader who governed Yugoslavia from the end of World War II until he died in 1980.
Grammar: A name, so it is capitalized and used without the: Tito ruled for decades.
Patterns
- under Tito
- Tito's Yugoslavia
Tito led the partisan resistance against occupying forces during World War II.
Many people in the region remember life under Tito with mixed feelings.
Tito refused to take orders from Moscow, which set Yugoslavia apart from its neighbors.
Common combinations
- Marshal Tito
- Marshal Tito held the highest military rank in Yugoslavia.
- under Tito
- Under Tito, the republics lived in one federation.
- Tito's Yugoslavia
- Tito's Yugoslavia stayed outside both major power blocs in the Cold War.
- death of Tito
- After the death of Tito, the federation slowly weakened.
- Tito's partisans
- Tito's partisans fought in the mountains for years.
Word family
- Titoism noun
- the independent Communist policies associated with Tito
- Titoist adjective
- relating to Tito or his policies
- Titoist noun
- a supporter of Tito or Titoism
Commonly confused: Tito or Titus?
Tito vs Titus
Titus was a Roman emperor and a biblical figure, not the Yugoslav leader.
Practice
Which country was led by Tito for most of the period after World War II?
Choose one answer.
Tito governed Yugoslavia until 1980. The other countries were also in Eastern Europe but had different leaders.
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