subtitle

[ suhb-tahyt-l ]

noun

1. a secondary or subordinate title of a literary work, usually of explanatory character.
2. a repetition of the leading words in the full title of a book at the head of the first page of text.
3. Movies, Television, Digital Technology.
   1. 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.
   2. caption ( def 3a ).
   3. (in silent films) an intertitle or caption.

verb (used with object)

, sub·ti·tled, sub·ti·tling.

1. to supply a subtitle or subtitles for.

subtitle

/ sʌbˈtɪtjʊlə; ˈsʌbˌtaɪtəl; -ˈtɪtʃə- /

noun

1. an additional subordinate title given to a literary or other work
2. Also calledcaption often plural films
   1. a written translation superimposed on a film that has foreign dialogue
   2. explanatory text on a silent film

verb

1. tr; usually passive to provide a subtitle for

Derived Forms

• subtitular, adjective

Other Words From

• sub·tit·u·lar [suhb-, tich, -, uh, -ler, -, tit, -y, uh, -], adjective
• un·sub·ti·tled adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of subtitle¹

First recorded in 1875–80; sub- + title

Example Sentences

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.

From Ars Technica

The developer says they "immediately filed an appeal" and today, the app is back up with the ASS subtitle listing still in the description.

From Ars Technica

The 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.”

From Quanta Magazine

I asked Glaeser to justify each of the claims in his book’s subtitle, that cities make us richer, smarter, greener, healthier, and happier.

From Freakonomics

On the web, you can click the Options link on the subtitles list to change the appearance of the subtitle text.

From Popular-Science

He answers in the subtitle: “Probably not—and government should stop bribing people to stay there.”

From The Daily Beast

The book is not, as the subtitle maternally suggests, about “Protecting the Heart of Christmas.”

From The Daily Beast

Its subtitle: Why the Clustering of Like-Minded America is Tearing Us Apart.

From The Daily Beast

The disconnect points ironically to the subtitle of this book and the concept of liberalism.

From The Daily Beast

The subtitle says it all:  How Affirmative Action Hurts Students Its Intended to Help and Why Universities Won't Admit It.

From The Daily Beast

If he look more closely, he will find a subtitle, “An Old Story,” but this confuses him still more.

From Project Gutenberg

In his subtitle Beughem makes clear what he intended to include in the Bibliotheca bibliothecarum.

From Project Gutenberg

As his subtitle indicates, he has included many books that are not bibliographies.

From Project Gutenberg

It is pragmatism as method which is emphasized, I take it, in the subtitle, "a new name for some old ways of thinking."

From Project Gutenberg

The dateline of each letter, which is right justified in the original, is here presented as a subtitle to each header.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• inscription