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 Definitions of Caption  [ˈkæp ʃən]  

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Definition of 'Caption' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) caption
a title or explanation for an illustration, esp. in a magazine.

2.  caption
a heading or title, as of a chapter or page.

3.  caption
a title, the text of dialogue, or other words projected onto a movie or TV screen.

4.  caption
the heading of a legal document, stating when and where it was executed, etc.

5. (v.t.) caption
to supply a caption or captions for; entitle.

Etymology:  (1350–1400; ME

Definition of 'Caption' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) caption
taking exception; especially a quibble based on a captious argument
"a mere caption unworthy of a reply"

2. (noun) subtitle, caption
translation of foreign dialogue of a movie or TV program; usually displayed at the bottom of the screen

3. (verb) caption, legend
brief description accompanying an illustration

4. (verb) caption
provide with a caption, as of a photograph or a drawing


Definition of 'Caption' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) caption
words written below a picture
the caption under the cartoon


Definition of 'Caption' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) Caption
a caviling; a sophism

2. (noun) Caption
the act of taking or arresting a person by judicial process

3. (noun) Caption
that part of a legal instrument, as a commission, indictment, etc., which shows where, when, and by what authority, it was taken, found, or executed

4. (noun) Caption
the heading of a chapter, section, or page


Translation of 'Caption' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a title or short note written on or beneath an illustration, cartoon, cinema or TV film etc
a witty caption.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: byskrif, onderskrif Arabic flag Arabic: عُنْوان أو تَعليق عَلى صو Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: надпис
Brazilian flag Brazilian: legenda Czech flag Czech: titulek, nadpis, popisek German flag German: dieÜberschrift
Danish flag Danish: billedtekst; undertekst Greek flag Greek: υπότιτλος, λεζάντα Spanish flag Spanish: leyenda
Estonian flag Estonian: pealkiri, tiiter Farsi flag Farsi: عنوان؛ زیر نویس Finnish flag Finnish: kuvateksti
French flag French: légende Hebrew flag Hebrew: כְּתוּבִיוֹת Hindi flag Hindi: चित्र-परिचय शीर्षक
Croatian flag Croatian: naslov, natpis Hungarian flag Hungarian: felirat Indonesian flag Indonesian: teks
Icelandic flag Icelandic: (teikni)myndatexti Italian flag Italian: titolo, didascalia Japanese flag Japanese: 見出し
Korean flag Korean: (영화, TV등의) 캡션 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: užrašas, titras Latvian flag Latvian: paraksts; titrs
Malay flag Malay: sarikata Dutch flag Dutch: opschrift Norwegian flag Norwegian: (bilde-/film)tekst
Polish flag Polish: podpis, napis Persian flag Persian: عنوان؛ زیر نویس Pashto flag Pashto: عنوان
Portuguese flag Portuguese: legenda Romanian flag Romanian: legendă; subtitlu Russian flag Russian: (суб)титр
Slovak flag Slovak: nadpis, titulok Slovenian flag Slovenian: podnaslov Serbian flag Serbian: titl
Swedish flag Swedish: rubrik, titel, bild-, fil Thai flag Thai: คำบรรยายใต้ภาพ Turkish flag Turkish: altyazı
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 標題,說明文字 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: заголовок Urdu flag Urdu: عنوان ، سرنانواں
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: phụ đề Chinese flag Chinese: 标题,说明文字,字幕

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