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cap·tion
(kăp′shən)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 captiō, captiōn-, from captus, past participle of capere, to seize; see kap- in Indo-European roots.]
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(ˈkæpʃən)n
1. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) a title, brief explanation, or comment accompanying an illustration; legend
2. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) a heading, title, or headline of a chapter, article, etc
3. (Film) graphic material, usually containing lettering, used in television presentation
4. (Film) another name for subtitle2
5. (Law) the formal heading of a legal document stating when, where, and on what authority it was taken or made
vb
to provide with a caption or captions
[C14 (meaning: seizure, an arrest; later, heading of a legal document): from Latin captiō a seizing, from capere to take]
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cap•tion
(ˈkæp ʃən)n.
1. a title or explanation for an illustration, esp. in a magazine.
2. a heading or title, as of a chapter or page.
3. a title, the text of dialogue, or other words projected onto a movie or TV screen.
4. the heading of a legal document, stating when and where it was executed, etc.
v.t. 5. to supply a caption or captions for; entitle.
[1350–1400; Middle English capcio(u)n seizure < Medieval Latin captiō= Latin cap(ere) to take, seize + -tiō -tion]
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Past participle: captioned
Gerund: captioning
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| Noun | 1. | 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 | |
| Verb | 1. | caption - provide with a caption, as of a photograph or a drawing |
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Translations
تَعْلِيقعُنْوان أو تَعليق عَلى صورَةٍ أو فيلم
popisektituleknadpis
billedtekstundertekst
kuvateksti
opis slike
myndatexti
キャプション
표제
titrasužrašas
parakststitrs
överskrift
คำบรรยายใต้ภาพ
lời chú thích
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[ˈkæpʃən]Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
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n → Überschrift f, → Titel m; (under cartoon) → Bildunterschrift f; (Film: = subtitle) → Untertitel m
vt → betiteln, mit einer Überschrift or einem Titel etc versehen
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
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[ˈkæpʃ/ən] n (heading) → intestazione f; (to cartoon) → fumetto; (for illustration, table) → didascaliaCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
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(ˈkӕpʃən) noun a title or short note written on or beneath an illustration, cartoon, cinema or TV film etc. a witty caption.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
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→ تَعْلِيق popisek billedtekst Überschrift κεφαλίδα pie de foto kuvateksti légende opis slike didascalia キャプション 표제 titel bildetekst nagłówek legenda подпись överskrift คำบรรยายใต้ภาพ resim başlığı lời chú thích 说明Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009