Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

captioning

/kˈæpʃənɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.58 in modern English

Syllables: cap-tion-ing
IPA: /kˈæpʃənɪŋ/

15

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of caption.

noun

The act of assigning a caption.

Example Sentences

"Instead of dismissing all the differing readings her poems have been given, we need to account for their possibility in terms of the multiple captionings to which her poetry lends itself […]"

Inflected Forms

captionings (plural)

Phrases

close captioning closed captioning open captioning

Questions

How do you pronounce captioning?: The recorded pronunciation is /kˈæpʃənɪŋ/.
What does captioning mean?: present participle and gerund of caption.

How to pronounce captioning

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