Subtitling

noun, verb

noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The addition of subtitles to a work. countable, uncountable

    "New genres are thus emerging as a consequence of foreign text dubbings (and subtitlings). Some original cartoons and films are also based on dubbings of foreign cartoons and films."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of subtitle form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

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acknowledgmentacknowledgmentsbackback matterbannerbanner head

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"All she watches on television and on the Web is English. Even when she watches a Spanish movie, she just reads the English subtitling. She no longer subscribes to TFC, The Filipino Channel, which is full of Tagalog."

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