English Explanatory Dictionary

caption

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The descriptive heading or title, of a document or part thereof.
  2. A title or brief explanation attached to an illustration, cartoon, user interface element, etc.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. A seizure or capture, especially of tangible property (chattel).
  6. A story that is embedded in a pre-existing image (sometimes with image manipulation)
verb
  1. To add captions to a text or illustration.
  2. To add captions to a film or broadcast.

Pronunciation

/ˈkæp.ʃən/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-caption.wav

Word forms

caption captions captioning captioned

Etymology

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

Related words

captious captivate captive capture manipper subtitle supertitle surtitle

Derived words

captionable captioned captioner captioning closed caption closed-caption closed captions closed captioned closed-captioned close captioned close-captioned closed captioning closed-captioning open caption open-caption open captions real time caption real-time caption real time captioning real-time captioning captionless encaption miscaption recaption subcaption supercaption
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