caption
caption Lexical Profile
caption Game Scores & Validity
• noun
A brief title, explanation, or description accompanying an illustration, photograph, cartoon, or social media post.
"The photojournalist wrote a concise caption beneath the image to identify the historic landmark and date."
On-screen text displayed on a television, film, or video screen that transcribes spoken dialogue and sound effects, or translates foreign speech.
"Viewers in noisy environments often turn on the captions to follow the documentary's narration clearly."
The heading of a legal document or pleading that specifies the names of the parties, the court, the docket number, and the nature of the proceeding.
"The paralegal carefully verified the case number and party names listed in the caption of the complaint before filing."
• verb
To provide an illustration, photograph, or video with an explanatory title, description, or on-screen text.
"The museum archivist spent the afternoon captioning vintage photographs from the nineteenth-century expedition."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Derived from Middle English via Latin 'captio' ('a seizing or taking'), from 'capere' ('to take'). Its modern sense of a heading or accompanying text developed from the wording placed at the top of legal documents to state where, when, and by what authority a warrant or indictment was taken.