caption
/ˈkæp.ʃən/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.72 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A title or brief explanation attached to an illustration, cartoon, user interface element, etc.
noun
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.
noun
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.
noun
A story that is embedded in a pre-existing image (sometimes with image manipulation)
verb
To add captions to a text or illustration.
Example Sentences
- "Some of the photographs are new and interesting, but many captions are amateurish, uninformative or simply careless."
- "(theater, performance production) By analogy, text in a similar system used in a performance venue for transcription of a live event."
- "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."
- "Only once the drawing is done will the letterer caption it."
Etymology
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
Usage
Inflected Forms
Derived Forms
Phrases
closed caption
closed-caption
closed captions
closed captioned
closed-captioned
close captioned
close-captioned
closed captioning