subtitle
/'sʌb,taitl/
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Definition
Noun:
- A secondary or explanatory title: A word or phrase that appears below the main title of a book, article, or other work, providing additional clarification or context.
- A text translation or transcription: The printed text that appears at the bottom of a screen in a film, television program, or video, translating the dialogue or transcribing the spoken words.
Verb:
- To provide with subtitles: The action of adding textual translations or transcriptions to a visual media production.
Examples
Noun:
- The book's main title was "Echoes," with the subtitle "A Journey Through Memory."
- I watched the French film with English subtitles so I could understand the dialogue.
Verb:
- The studio will subtitle the documentary in ten different languages for its international release.
Advanced Usage
- "Subtitle" as a descriptive label: In academic or formal writing, a subtitle can be used to specify the scope or focus of a work.
- Her thesis had the lengthy subtitle "An Analysis of 21st-Century Urban Development Patterns."
Variants and Related Words
- Subtitled (adj): Describing a film or program that has been provided with subtitles.
- We saw the subtitled version of the movie.
- Subtitling (n): The process or profession of creating subtitles.
- She works in subtitling for a major streaming service.
Synonyms
- Noun: Caption, translation, legend, secondary title.
- Verb: Caption, transcribe.
Related Phrases
- "Closed captioning": A system for displaying subtitles that can be turned on or off by the viewer, often including descriptions of non-dialogue audio for the hearing impaired. While related, this is a specific technical term and not a direct synonym for "subtitle."
Noun
- secondary or explanatory title
- translation of foreign dialogue of a movie or TV program; usually displayed at the bottom of the screen
Verb
- supply (a movie) with subtitles