caption
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[edit] Etymology
Recorded since c.1384, "taking, seizure," from Old French capcion or directly from Latin captio, from the past participle of capere ("to take").
[edit] Noun
caption (plural captions)
- (typography) The descriptive heading or title of a document or part therof
- A title or brief explanation attached to an illustration or cartoon.
- (cinematography) A piece of text appearing on screen as subtitle or other part of a film or broadcast.
- (law) The section on an official paper that describes when, where, what was taken, found or executed, and by whom it was authorized.
- (obsolete, law) A seizure or capture, especially of tangible property (chattel).
- 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.
- 1919 Thomas Welburn Hughes. A treatise on criminal law and procedure. The Bobbs-Merril Co., Indianapolis, IN, USA. Sec. 557 (p. 378).
[edit] Usage notes
In film and video, captions may transcribe or describe all significant dialogue and sound for viewers who cannot hear it, while subtitles translate foreign-language dialogue.
[edit] Derived terms
- captioning, captioned, captioner
- (film) closed caption, closed-caption, closed captions, closed captioned, closed-captioned, close captioned, close-captioned, closed captioning, closed-captioning
- (film) open caption, open-caption, open captions
- (film) real time caption, real-time caption, real time captioning, real-time captioning
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[edit] Translations
descriptive title or heading of (part of) a document
title or brief explanation attached to an illustration or cartoon
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piece of text appearing on screen as part of a film or broadcast
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section of an official paper
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capture — see capture
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[edit] Verb
caption (third-person singular simple present captions, present participle captioning, simple past and past participle captioned)
- To add captions to a text or illustration.
- Only once the drawing is done will the letterer caption it.
- To add captions to a film or broadcast.
[edit] Translations
to add captions to a text or illustration
to add captions to a film or broadcast
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[edit] Anagrams
Pontiac