Caption - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈkæpʃn|
Brit.
|ˈkæpʃ(ə)n|
noun
- taking exception; especially a quibble based on a captious argument
- brief description accompanying an illustration (syn: legend)
a mere caption unworthy of a reply
- translation of foreign dialogue of a movie or TV program; usually displayed at the bottom of the screen (syn: subtitle)- brief description accompanying an illustration (syn: legend)
verb
- provide with a caption, as of a photograph or a drawing
Extra examples
The caption on the picture says “This year's contest winners.”
...for the school yearbook, funny captions were written for snapshots showing a typical day at school...
Those who do not know English have to collect the sense of the film through captions in their own tongue.
The caption misnamed the person in the picture.
Word forms
verb
I/you/we/they: caption
he/she/it: captions
present participle: captioning
past tense: captioned
past participle: captioned
I/you/we/they: caption
he/she/it: captions
present participle: captioning
past tense: captioned
past participle: captioned
noun
singular: caption
plural: captions
singular: caption
plural: captions
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