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Webster 1913 Edition
Caption
Cap′tion
,Noun.
[L.
captio
, fr. caper
to take. In senses 3 and 4, perhaps confounded in meaning with L. caput
a head. See Capacious
.] 1.
A caviling; a sophism.
[Obs.]
This doctrine is for
caption
and contradiction. Bacon.
2.
The act of taking or arresting a person by judicial process.
[R.]
Bouvier.
3.
(Law)
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.
Bouvier.
Wharton.
4.
The heading of a chapter, section, or page.
[U. S.]
Webster 1828 Edition
Caption
CAPTION
,Noun.
1.
The act of taking, or apprehending by a judicial process.2.
A certificate signed by commissioners in Chancery, declaring when and where the commission was executed.3.
A preamble.4.
In Scots law, a writ issued at the instance of a creditor, commanding an officer to take and imprison the debtor, till he pays the debt.Definition 2024
caption
caption
English
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, cartoon, user interface element, etc.
- (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).
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.
Derived terms
- captionable, captioned, captioner, captioning
- (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
Related terms
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
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.
Translations
to add captions to a text or illustration
to add captions to a film or broadcast
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Anagrams
Pontiac