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

2) A subtitle is a second, smaller title of a book or article that gives more detail. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/subtitle/#m2)

3) To subtitle a film is to add subtitles to it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/subtitle/#m3)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/subtitle/#x1)
- Turn on the subtitles so Grandad can follow the film. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/subtitle/#x2)
- Reading subtitles helps me learn French. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/subtitle/#x3)
- The book's title is «Space» and its subtitle is «A Journey to the Stars». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/subtitle/#x4)
- The film was subtitled in twelve languages. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/subtitle/#x5)
- The subtitles were too fast for my little sister. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/subtitle/#x6)
- Write a title and a subtitle for your science report. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/subtitle/#x7)

### 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.](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 «subtitle» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/subtitle/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.