caption

The definition of a caption is a heading or title, or words on a screen that communicate what is being said.

(noun)

An example of a caption is the title of a magazine article.
An example of a caption is a descriptive title under a photograph.
An example of a caption are the words at the bottom of a television or movie screen to translate the dialogue into another language or to provide the dialogue to the hard of hearing.

To caption is defined as to add a descriptive title or to add dialogue words on a screen.

(verb)

An example of caption is to identify the subject of a photograph by adding a title under the photograph.
An example of caption is to add English subtitles on the screen of a movie with French dialogue.

See caption in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

Archaic seizure
Law
1. a part of a legal instrument, such as an indictment, showing where, when, and by what authority it was executed
2. a heading showing the names of the parties, court, and docket number in a pleading or deposition
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1. a heading or title, as of an article
2. a descriptive title, or legend, as under an illustration
Film, TV a subtitle

Origin: ME capcioun < OFr capcion < L captio < pp. of capere, take: see have

transitive verb

to supply a caption for

See caption in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A title, short explanation, or description accompanying an illustration or a photograph.
A series of words superimposed on the bottom of television or motion picture frames that communicate dialogue to the hearing-impaired or translate foreign dialogue.
A title or heading, as of a document or article.
Law The heading of a pleading or other document that identifies the parties, court, term, and number of the action.

transitive verb cap·tioned, cap·tion·ing, cap·tions

To furnish a caption for.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English capcioun, arrest

Origin: , from Old French capcion

Origin: , from Latin captiō, captiōn-

Origin: , from captus

Origin: , past participle of capere, to seize; see kap- in Indo-European roots

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