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caption
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin capti?, from the past participle of capi? (“I take, I seize”) (English capture). Compare Middle English capcioun (“seizure, capture”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?kæp.??n/
Noun
caption (plural captions)
- (typography) The descriptive heading or title of a document or part thereof
- A title or brief explanation attached to an illustration, cartoon, user interface element, etc.
- (cinematography) A piece of text appearing on screen as subtitle or other part of a film or broadcast.
- (law) The section on an official paper that describes when, where, what was taken, found or executed, and by whom it was authorized.
- (obsolete, law) A seizure or capture, especially of tangible property (chattel).
- 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.
- 1919 Thomas Welburn Hughes. A treatise on criminal law and procedure. The Bobbs-Merril Co., Indianapolis, IN, USA. Sec. 557 (p. 378).
Usage notes
In film and video, captions may transcribe or describe all significant dialogue and sound for viewers who cannot hear it, while subtitles translate foreign-language dialogue.
Derived terms
- captionable, captioned, captioner, captioning
- (film) closed caption, closed-caption, closed captions, closed captioned, closed-captioned, close captioned, close-captioned, closed captioning, closed-captioning
- (film) open caption, open-caption, open captions
- (film) real time caption, real-time caption, real time captioning, real-time captioning
Related terms
- captious
- captivate
- captive
- capture
Translations
Verb
caption (third-person singular simple present captions, present participle captioning, simple past and past participle captioned)
- To add captions to a text or illustration.
- Only once the drawing is done will the letterer caption it.
- To add captions to a film or broadcast.
Translations
Anagrams
- Pontiac, anticop, paction
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