subtitle

noun

/ˈsʌbtaɪtl/

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[usually plural] words that translate what is said in a film into a different language and appear on the screen at the bottom. Subtitles are also used, especially on television, to help deaf people (= people who cannot hear well)
- a Polish film with English subtitles
- Is the movie dubbed or are there subtitles?
- This programme will be broadcast with subtitles for the hard of hearing.
compare surtitlesTopics Film and theatreb2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- English
- French
- etc.
- …
verb + subtitle
- have
- read
preposition
- with subtitles
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a second title of a book that appears after the main title and gives more information
- This book’s title is ‘Oxford Learner’s Thesaurus’. Its subtitle is ‘A dictionary of synonyms’.
Topics Literature and writingb2

verb

/ˈsʌbtaɪtl/

[usually passive]

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they subtitle	/ˈsʌbtaɪtl/ /ˈsʌbtaɪtl/
he / she / it subtitles	/ˈsʌbtaɪtlz/ /ˈsʌbtaɪtlz/
past simple subtitled	/ˈsʌbtaɪtld/ /ˈsʌbtaɪtld/
past participle subtitled	/ˈsʌbtaɪtld/ /ˈsʌbtaɪtld/
-ing form subtitling	/ˈsʌbtaɪtlɪŋ/ /ˈsʌbtaɪtlɪŋ/

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to give a subtitle or subtitles to a book, film, etc.
- subtitle something a Spanish film subtitled in English
- subtitle something + noun The book is subtitled ‘New language for new times’.
compare dub