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subtitle

 noun
     
sub‧ti‧tle
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subtitles

[plural]SLLAMF the words printed over a film in a foreign language to translate what is being said by the actors:
a French film with English subtitles
2AL [singular] a second title below the main title in a book, which gives more information about what is in the book, show etc:
The opera's subtitle is 'The School for Lovers'.
—subtitle verb [intransitive and transitive]
—subtitled adjective:
a subtitled version of the film
The book is subtitled 'A Psychology of Masculinity'.
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