to caption
- verb
- /ˈkæpʃən/
- He captioned the video of his dog playing in the snow, saying, "Winter fun with my best friend!"
- captioned image
- captioned video
- captioned figure
So I said caption this and people did.
- So I said caption this and people did.
- And so they've done studies, for example, where they had undergraduates caption various different cartoons.
- I know YouTube captions our videos, we don't caption them, YouTube captions them and I appreciate it.
- He posted a picture of himself, Trig, daddy and JT money and he captioned it.
- So what ended up happening was people would caption their photo, they'd press done or upload and you'd see this little progress bar just go.
- Incredible noble authors, Tanya Rad and Raquel Stevens authors yes, exactly authors and of course, you can order the book in the comments and caption.
Examples
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And remember, each of those 5,000 slides has to be captioned and neatly presented.
Academic text (1995) -
A graphic behind him has a photo of Storm, captioned: "COMA COP."
Fiction book (1990) -
The prints in the album are also captioned in his hand.
Academic text (1997) -
There is a picture of Whale, captioned "Famous British Director."
Fiction book (1998) -
Similarly, she wants to make certain that the video segments embedded throughout many lessons are captioned.
Academic text (2014) -
However, the WLC has been closed captioned for our viewers who are hearing impaired.
Academic text (2000) -
The front of the postcard is a monochrome photograph captioned "The Round Tower, Kells."
Fiction book (1998) -
A more important figure, captioned "Ras Bazabeh," is Takla Haymanot's son, who is riding immediately behind his father.
Academic text (2006) -
Andr Gill, in La Lune, captioned his caricature of Camille with a question: "Monet or Manet?"
Academic text (2007) -
She captioned the beautiful sunset photo with the words, "A moment to remember."
Synonyms
To add written text at the bottom of a film or video to show the dialogue in another language
Add short notes to a text or picture to explain it
To add text on a television or video screen to give information
How Detailed
Surface Forms
Etymology
Caption as a verb comes from the same Latin root caput, meaning 'head', so to caption something is to give it a short 'head' or title. In other words, to caption a photo is to add a brief line of text that explains it.