Subtitle (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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.
    • 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.
    • caption (def. 3a).
    • (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.
noun
  1. an additional subordinate title given to a literary or other work
  2. Also called: caption (often plural) films
    • a written translation superimposed on a film that has foreign dialogue
    • explanatory text on a silent film
verb
  1. to provide a subtitle for
Subtitle (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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