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cap·tion  (kpshn)
n.
1. A title, short explanation, or description accompanying an illustration or a photograph.
2. 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.
3. A title or heading, as of a document or article.
4. Law The heading of a pleading or other document that identifies the parties, court, term, and number of the action.
tr.v. cap·tioned, cap·tion·ing, cap·tions
To furnish a caption for.

[Middle English capcioun, arrest, from Old French capcion, from Latin capti, captin-, from captus, past participle of capere, to seize; see kap- in Indo-European roots.]

caption
Noun
a title, brief explanation, or comment accompanying a picture
Verb
to provide with a caption [Latin captio a seizing]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.caption - taking exception; especially a quibble based on a captious argument; "a mere caption unworthy of a reply"
exception - grounds for adverse criticism; "his authority is beyond exception"
2.caption - translation of foreign dialogue of a movie or TV program; usually displayed at the bottom of the screen
interlingual rendition, translation, version, rendering - a written communication in a second language having the same meaning as the written communication in a first language
motion picture, motion-picture show, movie, moving picture, moving-picture show, pic, film, picture show, flick, picture - a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement; "they went to a movie every Saturday night"; "the film was shot on location"
3.caption - brief description accompanying an illustration
title - a general or descriptive heading for a section of a written work; "the novel had chapter titles"
illustration - artwork that helps make something clear or attractive
Verb1.caption - provide with a caption, as of a photograph or a drawing
furnish, provide, supply, render - give something useful or necessary to; "We provided the room with an electrical heater"
Translations
caption [ˈkæpʃən] n (= heading) → título;
(to picture) → leyenda, pie m

caption [ˈkæpʃən] nlégende f

caption [ˈkæpʃən] nBildunterschrift f

caption [ˈkæpʃən] nleggenda

caption
n caption [ˈkӕpʃən]
a title or short note written on or beneath an illustration, cartoon, cinema or TV film etc a witty caption. byskrif, onderskrif عُنْوان أو تَعليق عَلى صورَةٍ أو فيلم надпис titulek, nadpis, popisek billedtekst; undertekst die Überschrift υπότιτλος, λεζάντα leyenda pealkiri, tiiter عنوان؛ زیر نویس kuvateksti légende כְּתוּבִיוֹת चित्र-परिचय शीर्षक naslov, natpis felirat teks (teikni)myndatexti titolo, didascalia 見出し 제목, 설명, 자막 užrašas, titras paraksts; titrs sarikata opschrift (bilde-/film)tekst podpis, napis legenda legendă; subtitlu (суб)титр nadpis, titulok podnaslov titl rubrik, titel, bild-, filmtext คำบรรยายใต้ภาพ altyazı 解說詞,字幕 заголовок عنوان ، سرنانواں phụ đề


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