dubbing

«dubbing» in Mova's school dictionary: replacing the spoken words of a film or show with words… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (-ing form of dub: dub, dubs, dubbed, dubbing); noun (dubbing, uncountable)

meaning for a pupil

1) Dubbing is replacing the spoken words of a film or show with words in another language, said by new voice actors. tree →

2) Dubbing is giving someone or something a nickname. tree →

3) (history) Dubbing is the ceremony of making someone a knight. tree →

4) (old) Dubbing (also «dubbin») is a grease for making leather boots soft and waterproof. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life, dubbing decides whether a foreign cartoon is heard in English or read with subtitles. In media lessons pupils talk about dubbing versus subtitles. In history lessons dubbing is part of becoming a knight. Phrases: «English dubbing», «the dubbing is bad».

examples

• The dubbing in this cartoon is really good. tree →
• Dubbing actors must match the mouth movements. tree →
• My dad hates dubbing and prefers subtitles. tree →
• They are dubbing the film into Spanish. tree →
• The dubbing of a knight was a special ceremony. tree →
• Fans were dubbing him «the Flash». tree →
• Rub some dubbing on your football boots to keep them soft. tree →

note

Double b. As a noun it is uncountable: «the dubbing». Do not confuse with «doubling». The boot grease is usually spelled «dubbin» (UK). Bad dubbing, where lips and words don't match, is a common joke.

In the corpora

• Dubbing means recording new voices in another language; some countries prefer subtitles, the written words at the bottom of the screen.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «dubbing» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.