redub
verb[T]
(alsore-dub)uk/ˌriːˈdʌb/us/ˌriːˈdʌb/redubverb[T](FILM, ETC.)
tochangethesoundsandspeechon afilmortelevisionprogrammefor a second, third, etc.time,especiallyto a differentlanguage:
Ithinktheyprobablyredubbed thelinesbecause theactorhad a croakyvoiceor something.
They alsowantedto re-dub thefilmso everyone had Americanaccents.
- At onepoint,absurdly, hisvoicewas redubbed by anactorfrom Birmingham whoseaccentwascompletelydifferent.
- Theadvertisermay already have a Spanish-languageversionof thecommercialor caneasilyredub theEnglishversion.
- Thereportsandinterviewsare re-dubbed for differentaudiences.
- She would redub herdialoguelater.
- I put on a set ofearphonesand redubbed thescene.
Editing & compiling
- abridged
- anthologist
- blue pencil
- bowdlerization
- bowdlerize
- bowdlerized
- co-edit
- compile
- dub
- emend
- excerpt
- fact-checking
- lexicographer
- non-editorial
- over-edit
- post-editing
- proofreading
- revised
- undubbed
- unfiltered
redubverb[T](GIVE NAME)
[usually passive]
to give something or someone a new or differentnamefrom the one it or they hadpreviously:
Thenetworkwasinformedthat "nuclearwaste" had to be redubbed "hazardousmaterial."
She redubbed therestaurantCasa Luis inhonorof theformerchef.
- The Braziliannationalleaguewasonceredubbed the Joao Havelange Cup inhonorof the FIFApresident.
- Thelawredubbed the Board of Education astatepaneloverseeingthe setting ofacademicstandards.
- In 1936 thedrinkwasofficiallyre-dubbed 7Up.
Names and titles
- A.N. Other
- age
- aka
- alias
- appellation
- forename
- form of address
- given name
- good name
- identity
- patronymic
- pen name
- pet name
- place name
- pseudonym
- trademark
- under the name ofidiom
- unidentified
- unnamed
- untitled