English verb: dub |
1. | dub (communication) give a nickname to |
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| Examples | They dub him "Bobby" |
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| Synonyms | nickname |
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| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody something |
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| Broader (hypernym) | call, name |
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2. | dub (communication) provide (movies) with a soundtrack of a foreign language |
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| Examples | Sam and Sue dub the movie |
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| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something |
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| Broader (hypernym) | synchronise, synchronize |
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| Entail | interpret, render, translate |
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| Domain category | film, flick, motion picture, motion-picture show, movie, moving picture, moving-picture show, pic, picture, picture show |
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3. | dub (social) raise (someone) to knighthood |
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| Samples | The Beatles were knighted.
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| Synonyms | knight |
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| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody |
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| Broader (hypernym) | ennoble, entitle, gentle |
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