Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A secondary, usually explanatory title, as of a literary work.
- n. A printed translation of the dialogue of a foreign-language film shown at the bottom of the screen.
- v. To give a subtitle to.
- v. To provide with subtitles: a film that was subtitled for English-speaking audiences.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A secondary or subordinate title of a book, usually explanatory.
- n. The repetition of the leading words in the full title at the head of the first page of text.
Wiktionary
- n. A heading below or after a title.
- n. Textual versions of the dialog in films, usually displayed at the bottom of the screen.
- v. To create subtitles for the dialog in a film.
WordNet 3.0
- n. translation of foreign dialogue of a movie or TV program; usually displayed at the bottom of the screen
- v. supply (a movie) with subtitles
- n. secondary or explanatory title
Etymologies
- sub- + title (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Not in any way a zen book, but the subtitle is accurate.”
“HANSEN: Your subtitle is a little grim: "The Aging of The World's Population and How It Pits Young against Old, Child Against Parent, Worker Against Boss, Company Against Rival And Nation Against Nation.”
“Its subtitle is 'a study of the forms of life, thought and art in France and the Netherlands in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries '.”
“The two eponymous faces are fanaticism and moderation; the book's subtitle is "Saudi fundamentalism and its role in terrorism", and the whole thrust of the book is to expose Wahhabism and its linkage with the Saudi monarchy as a driving force in Islamic terrorism worldwide.”
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“I'd been pointed to Tomine's work here and here, and seeing that Optic Nerve #8 was one of the recommended titles, decided to buy this, since its subtitle is "The Complete Optic Nerve Mini-Comics".”
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“The "gay" part of the subtitle is reflected in two of the intertwined stories Kushner tells with passionate urgency.”
“Mr. FOLLETT: Well, I started with Eric Hobsbawm's book "The Age of Extremes: The Short Twentieth Century," and that and the subtitle is "1914-1991.”
“Martinned says: troll_dc2: I own a book by an economist whose subtitle is “The economics of music composition in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.””
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“I own a book by an economist whose subtitle is “The economics of music composition in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.””
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“Significant parts of the book, whose subtitle is “Leftist Politics and the Cult of Personality,” have already been challenged as misleading or false in the days since its debut on Aug. 1.”
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