sub·ti·tle
ˈsəb-ˌtī-tᵊl 
1
: a secondary or explanatory title
2
: a printed statement or fragment of dialogue appearing on the screen between the scenes of a silent movie or appearing as a translation at the bottom of the screen during the scenes of a movie or television show in a foreign language
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Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 10 Jan. 2025
Parent organization VideoLAN shared a video on Tuesday in which president Jean-Baptiste Kempf shows off the new feature, which uses open-source AI models to generate subtitles for videos in several languages.
—Dominic Preston, The Verge, 9 Jan. 2025
Julia Moore, People.com, 6 Jan. 2025
Additionally, the second part of Wicked, now subtitled, For Good, is set to hit theaters on Nov. 21, which will surely mean another global press tour.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 31 Dec. 2024
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Noun
The recurrence of a menacing supernatural force that caused his brother to disappear in the '80s (hence the season subtitle, The Vanishing) pushes him far over the line.
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 10 Jan. 2025
Parent organization VideoLAN shared a video on Tuesday in which president Jean-Baptiste Kempf shows off the new feature, which uses open-source AI models to generate subtitles for videos in several languages.
—Dominic Preston, The Verge, 9 Jan. 2025
Verb
Because the show has 70 percent Japanese dialogue and then subtitles.
—Julia Moore, People.com, 6 Jan. 2025
Additionally, the second part of Wicked, now subtitled, For Good, is set to hit theaters on Nov. 21, which will surely mean another global press tour.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 31 Dec. 2024
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“Subtitle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/subtitle. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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