Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

captioner

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cap-tion-er
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One who, or that which, adds captions.

Example Sentences

"Some captioners will raise or lower the captions in the center by one row to add one more subtle differentiation, but this is uncommon."
"2007, Ferguson's Careers in Focus: Broadcasting, 3rd edition, Ferguson (imprint), Infobase Publishing, page 123, In the broadcast setting, real-time captioners do not have to produce transcripts, which eliminates the long hours that go along with that aspect of reporting."
"And how relieved the Ceefax captioners must be that Sir Alex Ferguson still refuses to give interviews to Match of the Day, because of a BBC documentary that upset him."

Etymology

From caption + -er.

Word Breakdown

Root: *kap-
Suffix: caption

Inflected Forms

captioners (plural)

Questions

What does captioner mean?: One who, or that which, adds captions.
Where does captioner come from?: From caption + -er.

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