Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A secondary, usually explanatory title, as of a literary work.
- noun A printed translation of the dialogue of a foreign-language film shown at the bottom of the screen.
- transitive verb To give a subtitle to.
- transitive verb To provide with subtitles.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A secondary or subordinate title of a book, usually explanatory.
- noun The repetition of the leading words in the full title at the head of the first page of text.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
heading below or after atitle . - noun Textual versions of the dialog in films, usually displayed at the bottom of the screen.
- verb To create subtitles for the dialog in a film.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun translation of foreign dialogue of a movie or TV program; usually displayed at the bottom of the screen
- verb supply (a movie) with subtitles
- noun secondary or explanatory title
Etymologies
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Examples
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Not in any way a zen book, but the subtitle is accurate.
2002 December 2002
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HANSEN: Your subtitle is a little grim: "The Aging of The World's Population and How It Pits Young against Old, Child Against Parent, Worker Against Boss, Company Against Rival And Nation Against Nation."
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The "gay" part of the subtitle is reflected in two of the intertwined stories Kushner tells with passionate urgency.
David Finkle: First Nighter: Tony Kushner's Angels in America Flies on Gossamer Wings David Finkle 2010
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The two eponymous faces are fanaticism and moderation; the book's subtitle is "Saudi fundamentalism and its role in terrorism", and the whole thrust of the book is to expose Wahhabism and its linkage with the Saudi monarchy as a driving force in Islamic terrorism worldwide.
January Books 17) The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams nwhyte 2010
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Mr. FOLLETT: Well, I started with Eric Hobsbawm's book "The Age of Extremes: The Short Twentieth Century," and that and the subtitle is "1914-1991."
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The "gay" part of the subtitle is reflected in two of the intertwined stories Kushner tells with passionate urgency.
David Finkle: First Nighter: Tony Kushner's Angels in America Flies on Gossamer Wings David Finkle 2010
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Its subtitle is 'a study of the forms of life, thought and art in France and the Netherlands in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries '.
Archive 2009-03-01 Jonathan Aquino 2009
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I'd been pointed to Tomine's work here and here, and seeing that Optic Nerve #8 was one of the recommended titles, decided to buy this, since its subtitle is "The Complete Optic Nerve Mini-Comics".
My great-uncle's horrible death: the missing bit of the story drasecretcampus 2009
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Its subtitle is 'a study of the forms of life, thought and art in France and the Netherlands in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries '.
Capsule Summaries of the Great Books of the Western World Jonathan Aquino 2009
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The "gay" part of the subtitle is reflected in two of the intertwined stories Kushner tells with passionate urgency.
David Finkle: First Nighter: Tony Kushner's Angels in America Flies on Gossamer Wings David Finkle 2010
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