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Definition: DUBBED |
DUBBEDImperative & past participle1. Of Dub |
Date "DUBBED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1200. (references) |
Crosswords: DUBBED |
| Specialty definitions using "DUBBED": Boz ♦ Hackum ♦ Pentapolin ♦ Spurs. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | I wanted that part, but it was dubbed in Canada! (Excel Saga; writing credit: Hideyuki Kurata; Ysuke Kuroda) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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Theater & Movies | |
Music |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
![]() | Mariner 9 image of the "Inca City". During the Mariner 9 mission, scientists found an unusual rectilinear structure associatedwith the south polar pitted terrain which they dubbed the "Inca City". Located near-80 degrees latitude and 64 degrees longitude, it is likely the result of wind deflationof deposits from underlying rough terrain. The "cells" in the image are about 4-5kilometers in width. Credit: NASA. | ![]() | B-17 used for aerial photography following WWII This was the last operational B-17- dubbed "Old Rotten Wings" by aircraft crew Flown by Coast Guard crew with C&GS navigator and cameraman. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
![]() | SEALAB II, resting on an angle off California, was dubbed the "Tilton Hilton.". Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP). | ![]() | Team members from F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyo., race up the steps of the Fayetteville, W.Va., court house during the end of the 5.5-mile run, the last event in a four-event competition sponsored by Navy Morale, Welfare and Recreation dubbed Wilderness. |
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
Communist Manifesto | 1848 | The introduction of these philosophical phrases at the back of the French historical criticisms they dubbed "Philosophy of Action," "True Socialism," "German Science of Socialism," "Philosophical Foundation of Socialism," and so on. (reference) |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | The sector's growth has been dubbed "unprecedented in Latin America" by an industry analyst. (references) | |
Following China Mobile, China Unicom Shanghai Branch also opened such service dubbed as "Unicom Palm Net" in Shanghai. (references) | ||
Economic History | Chile | Dubbed U.S. programs dominate, but Mexican, Venezuelan, Brazilian, Argentine, and Japanese material can also be seen. (references) |
Azerbaijan | CDs and Western videos, dubbed in Russian or Azeri, are sold at less than 15 percent of their market value in the West. (references) | |
Lebanon | In early April 1996, Israel conducted a military operation dubbed "Grapes of Wrath" in response to Hizballah's continued launching of rockets at villages in northern Israel. (references) | |
Political Economy | South Africa | The Government continued to train and deploy the new Directorate of Special Operations (DSO), dubbed the Scorpions, to coordinate efforts against organized crime and corruption. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "DUBBED" is generally used as a lexical verb (past tense) -- approximately 47.86% of the time. "DUBBED" is used about 374 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (past tense) | 47.86% | 179 | 23,133 |
| Lexical Verb (past participle) | 46.79% | 175 | 23,506 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 4.28% | 16 | 87,710 |
| Noun (proper) | 1.07% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Total | 100.00% | 374 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "DUBBED": dubbed-up. | |
Ending with "DUBBED": over-dubbed. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
dubbed el golfer nino spanish | 8 |
dubbed dvd english inuyasha | 8 |
dubbed | 5 |
dubbed fushigi reflection yugi | 3 |
dubbed english inuyasha | 2 |
ball dragon dubbed english | 2 |
censor dubbed statesman | 2 |
dubbed inuyasha | 2 |
anime dubbed | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "DUBBED"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
Chinese | 取绰号. (various references) | ||||||||||
French | version doublée (dubbed version). (various references) | ||||||||||
German | titulierte. (various references) | ||||||||||
Hungarian | szinkronizált. (various references) | ||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 吹替え版 (dubbed version). (various references) | ||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ふきかえば" (dubbed version). (various references) | ||||||||||
Korean | 새로 녹음하". (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | ubbedday дублировать дублированный. (various references) | ||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "DUBBED": overdubbed, redubbed, undubbed. (additional references) | |
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"DUBBED" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Debbeh, dobber, dobbo, Dubber, dubbier, dube, dubed, Dubedat, Duben, dubled, Duboc, Dubtek, dumbed, hubbed, Kubbet, pubbed, tubbed, ubed, udhbeg. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "DUBBED" (pronounced du"bd) |
| 3 | -u" b d | clubbed, drubbed, rubbed, scrubbed, snubbed, stubbed, subbed. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-b-d-d-e-u" | |
-2 letters: bedu, dude. | |
-3 letters: bed, bub, bud, deb, dub, dud, due, ebb. | |
-4 letters: be, de, ed. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-b-d-d-e-u" | |
+1 letter: drubbed. | |
+2 letters: bedaubed, bedumbed, redubbed, undubbed. | |
+4 letters: overdubbed. | |
+5 letters: bodybuilder. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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