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sub·ti·tle (subtīt′'l)

noun

  1. a secondary or explanatory title, as of a book or play
  2. a book title repeated at the top of the first page of text
  3. one or more lines of text, as a translation of dialogue in a foreign language, appearing usually at the bottom of a film or video image

transitive verb subtitled -·ti′·tled, subtitling -·ti′·tling

to add a subtitle or subtitles to

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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