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Subtitle
//ˈsʌbtaɪtəl// noun, verb
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A heading below or after a title.
- 2 secondary or explanatory title wordnet
- 3 Textual versions of the dialogue in films (and similar media such as television or video games), usually displayed at the bottom of the screen.
"Careful viewers have long observed that in the movies, one can not only watch but read cigarettes like subtitles — translating the action on the screen into another language which the camera registers but rarely foregrounds, a part of the thickness of the medium which is almost never brought into focus. […] The cigarette in the scene serves as a subtext, a mute caption or subtitle, sometimes accompanying, sometimes contradicting or diverting the explicit premise of the action or the open meaning of signs."
- 4 translation of foreign dialogue of a movie or TV program; usually displayed at the bottom of the screen wordnet
Verb
- 1 To create subtitles for the dialogue in a film.
- 2 supply (a movie) with subtitles wordnet
Etymology
Etymology 1
From sub- + title.
Etymology 2
From sub- + title.
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