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caption

Pronunciation: /ˈkæp.ʃən/

The English word “caption” has 8 meanings listed here.

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.

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”).

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