Meaning & use
subtitle
Text shown on a screen that translates or transcribes the spoken dialogue of a film or video.
See it in a sentence
We turned on the English subtitle because the actors spoke very quickly.
Reading the subtitle helped her follow the foreign film without missing the plot.
A note on using this word
Also refers to a secondary title printed under a book's main title, explaining or narrowing its subject.
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Another way to use it
2. noun
A secondary title added below the main title of a book or article to give further detail.
The book's subtitle explained that it was a history of the Roman navy.
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