subtitle

«subtitle» in Mova's school dictionary: words shown at the bottom of a film or TV screen to… — 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

noun (a subtitle, subtitles); verb (subtitle, subtitles, subtitled, subtitling)

meaning for a pupil

1) Subtitles are words shown at the bottom of a film or TV screen to translate what people say or to write it down for people who cannot hear it. tree →

2) A subtitle is a second, smaller title of a book or article that gives more detail. tree →

3) To subtitle a film is to add subtitles to it. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life subtitles help deaf people and people learning languages, and let you watch foreign films. In English lessons a subtitle in a book or non-fiction text adds information under the main heading. Phrases: turn on the subtitles, with subtitles, English subtitles, closed captions (US).

examples

• We watched a Japanese cartoon with English subtitles. tree →
• Turn on the subtitles so Grandad can follow the film. tree →
• Reading subtitles helps me learn French. tree →
• The book's title is «Space» and its subtitle is «A Journey to the Stars». tree →
• The film was subtitled in twelve languages. tree →
• The subtitles were too fast for my little sister. tree →
• Write a title and a subtitle for your science report. tree →

note

Usually plural for films: subtitles. In the US «closed captions» (CC) also show sounds like [door slams]. The prefix «sub» means «under»: subtitles sit under the picture.

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 «subtitle» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.