Definition of "subtitle" [subtitle]

• 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. (noun)
• To give a subtitle to. (verb-transitive)
• To provide with subtitles: a film that was subtitled for English-speaking audiences. (verb-transitive)

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• "Not in any way a zen book, but the subtitle is accurate."
• "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.""
• "Its subtitle is 'a study of the forms of life, thought and art in France and the Netherlands in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries '."