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- Dictionarysubtitle/ˈsʌbˌtʌɪtl/
noun
- 1. captions displayed at the bottom of a cinema or television screen that translate or transcribe the dialogue or narrative: "films in foreign languages with English subtitles"
- 2. a subordinate title of a published work or article giving additional information about its content: "the book had now acquired its final title with a qualifying subtitle"
verb
- 1. provide (a film or programme) with subtitles: "much of the film is subtitled"
- 2. provide (a published work or article) with a subtitle: "the novel was aptly subtitled"
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to add words to the bottom of a film or television picture to show what is being said or to translate it into a different language: Part of the video had been subtitled.
1. : a secondary or explanatory title. 2. : a printed statement or fragment of dialogue appearing on the screen between the scenes of a silent motion picture or appearing as a translation at the bottom of the screen during the scenes of a motion picture or television show in a foreign language. subtitle.
noun. a secondary or subordinate title of a literary work, usually of explanatory character. a repetition of the leading words in the full title of a book at the head of the first page of text. Movies, Television, Digital Technology.
1. countable noun. The subtitle of a piece of writing is a second title which is often longer and explains more than the main title. 'Kathleen' was, as its 1892 subtitle asserted, 'An Irish Drama'. 2. plural noun. Subtitles are a printed translation of the words of a foreign film that are shown at the bottom of the picture.
1. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) an additional subordinate title given to a literary or other work. 2. (Film) ( often plural) films. a. a written translation superimposed on a film that has foreign dialogue. b. explanatory text on a silent film. vb. ( tr; usually passive) to provide a subtitle for. subtitular adj.
[usually plural] words that translate what is said in a film into a different language and appear on the screen at the bottom. Subtitles are also used, especially on television, to help deaf people (= people who cannot hear well) a Polish film with English subtitles. Is the movie dubbed or are there subtitles?
A subtitle can either be the second, explanatory, part of a longer title, or the words that appear at the bottom of a movie screen to translate dialogue that's spoken in a foreign language. If you've got hearing loss, you might watch TV with the subtitles on, so that you can read the dialogue as it's spoken.
