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Caption

//ˈkæp.ʃən// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The descriptive heading or title, of a document or part thereof.
  2. 2
    brief description accompanying an illustration wordnet
  3. 3
    A title or brief explanation attached to an illustration, cartoon, user interface element, etc.

    "Some of the photographs are new and interesting, but many captions are amateurish, uninformative or simply careless."

  4. 4
    translation of foreign dialogue of a movie or TV program; usually displayed at the bottom of the screen wordnet
  5. 5
    A piece of text appearing on screen as a subtitle or other part of a film or broadcast, describing dialogue (and sometimes other sound) for viewers who cannot hear.

    "(theater, performance production) By analogy, text in a similar system used in a performance venue for transcription of a live event."

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  1. 6
    taking exception; especially a quibble based on a captious argument wordnet
  2. 7
    The section on an official paper (for example, as part of a seizure or capture) that describes when, where, and what was taken, found or executed, and who authorized the act.
  3. 8
    A seizure or capture, especially of tangible property (chattel). obsolete

    "1919 Thomas Welburn Hughes. A treatise on criminal law and procedure. The Bobbs-Merril Co., Indianapolis, IN, USA. Sec. 557 (p. 378). The caption and asportation must be felonious."

  4. 9
    A story that is embedded in a pre-existing image (sometimes with image manipulation) Internet
Verb
  1. 1
    To add captions to a text or illustration.

    "Only once the drawing is done will the letterer caption it."

  2. 2
    provide with a caption, as of a photograph or a drawing wordnet
  3. 3
    To add captions to a film or broadcast.

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin captiō (“deception, fraud”), from the past participle of capiō (“I take, I seize”) (English capture). Compare Middle English capcioun (“seizure, capture”).

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin captiō (“deception, fraud”), from the past participle of capiō (“I take, I seize”) (English capture). Compare Middle English capcioun (“seizure, capture”).

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