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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dubbing/#m1)

2) Dubbing is giving someone or something a nickname. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dubbing/#m2)

3) (history) Dubbing is the ceremony of making someone a knight. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dubbing/#m3)

4) (old) Dubbing (also «dubbin») is a grease for making leather boots soft and waterproof. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dubbing/#m4)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dubbing/#x1)
- Dubbing actors must match the mouth movements. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dubbing/#x2)
- My dad hates dubbing and prefers subtitles. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dubbing/#x3)
- They are dubbing the film into Spanish. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dubbing/#x4)
- The dubbing of a knight was a special ceremony. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dubbing/#x5)
- Fans were dubbing him «the Flash». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dubbing/#x6)
- Rub some dubbing on your football boots to keep them soft. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dubbing/#x7)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/24-voices-sound-and-music-in-films-and-cartoons/8/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «dubbing» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dubbing/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.