subtitle
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.
a translation or transcription of spoken language in a television program, film, video, or video game, as of dialogue in a foreign language or speech that is audible but may not be easily understood, displayed as a graphic overlay on the lower part of the screen.
(in silent films) an intertitle or caption.
to supply a subtitle or subtitles for.
Origin of subtitle
1Other words from subtitle
- sub·tit·u·lar [suhb-tich-uh-ler, -tit-yuh-], /sʌbˈtɪtʃ ə lər, -ˈtɪt yə-/, adjective
- un·sub·ti·tled, adjective
Words Nearby subtitle
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How to use subtitle in a sentence
This time, the puritan robot overlords that run the Play Store briefly decided that listing support for common subtitle files is enough to get your app banned.
Google Play bans video app for standard “.ass” subtitle support | Ron Amadeo | January 26, 2021 | Ars TechnicaThe developer says they "immediately filed an appeal" and today, the app is back up with the ASS subtitle listing still in the description.
Google Play bans video app for standard “.ass” subtitle support | Ron Amadeo | January 26, 2021 | Ars TechnicaThe subtitle of my article on Kurt Gödel’s infamous 1931 incompleteness theorems states that the theorems “destroyed the search for a mathematical theory of everything.”
I asked Glaeser to justify each of the claims in his book’s subtitle, that cities make us richer, smarter, greener, healthier, and happier.
On the web, you can click the Options link on the subtitles list to change the appearance of the subtitle text.
Learn how to add closed captions to video calls, Netflix, and more | David Nield | August 28, 2020 | Popular-Science
He answers in the subtitle: “Probably not—and government should stop bribing people to stay there.”
The Rustbelt Roars Back From the Dead | Joel Kotkin, Richey Piiparinen | December 7, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe book is not, as the subtitle maternally suggests, about “Protecting the Heart of Christmas.”
Sarah Palin Serves Up a Healthy Serving of Venom in Her Christmas Book | Michelle Cottle | November 16, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTIts subtitle: Why the Clustering of Like-Minded America is Tearing Us Apart.
The disconnect points ironically to the subtitle of this book and the concept of liberalism.
The subtitle says it all: How Affirmative Action Hurts Students Its Intended to Help and Why Universities Won't Admit It.
Affirmative Action: Who Does it Help, Who Does it Hurt? | Megan McArdle | June 24, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTIf he look more closely, he will find a subtitle, “An Old Story,” but this confuses him still more.
Browning and the Dramatic Monologue | S. S. CurryIn his subtitle Beughem makes clear what he intended to include in the Bibliotheca bibliothecarum.
A History of Bibliographies of Bibliographies | Archer TaylorAs his subtitle indicates, he has included many books that are not bibliographies.
A History of Bibliographies of Bibliographies | Archer TaylorIt is pragmatism as method which is emphasized, I take it, in the subtitle, "a new name for some old ways of thinking."
Essays in Experimental Logic | John DeweyThe dateline of each letter, which is right justified in the original, is here presented as a subtitle to each header.
The Life and Letters of Lafcadio Hearn, Volume 1 | Elizabeth Bisland
British Dictionary definitions for subtitle
/ (ˈsʌbˌtaɪtəl) /
an additional subordinate title given to a literary or other work
Also called: caption (often plural) films
a written translation superimposed on a film that has foreign dialogue
explanatory text on a silent film
(tr; usually passive) to provide a subtitle for
Derived forms of subtitle
- subtitular (sʌbˈtɪtjʊlə, -ˈtɪtʃə-), adjective
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