caption

CEFRB2

/ˈkæp.ʃən/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    Words that explain a picture or appear on a screen.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    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.

Examples

  • Some signs have a symbol and a separate caption.

  • Put a caption on this photo.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
1

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A title or brief explanation attached to an illustration, cartoon, user interface element, etc.

  2. The descriptive heading or title, of a document or part thereof.

  3. 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.

More examples

In context

  • (theater, performance production) By analogy, text in a similar system used in a performance venue for transcription of a live event.

  • Only once the drawing is done will the letterer caption it.

  • 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.

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Origin

noun

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