CAPTION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does caption mean? 

• CAPTION (noun)
  The noun CAPTION has 3 senses:

1. taking exception; especially a quibble based on a captious argument

2. translation of foreign dialogue of a movie or TV program; usually displayed at the bottom of the screen

3. brief description accompanying an illustration

  Familiarity information: CAPTION used as a noun is uncommon.

• CAPTION (verb)
  The verb CAPTION has 1 sense:

1. provide with a caption, as of a photograph or a drawing

  Familiarity information: CAPTION used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CAPTION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Taking exception; especially a quibble based on a captious argument

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Context example:

a mere caption unworthy of a reply

Hypernyms ("caption" is a kind of...):

exception (grounds for adverse criticism)

Derivation:

captious (tending to find and call attention to faults)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Translation of foreign dialogue of a movie or TV program; usually displayed at the bottom of the screen

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

caption; subtitle

Hypernyms ("caption" is a kind of...):

interlingual rendition; rendering; translation; version (a written communication in a second language having the same meaning as the written communication in a first language)

Holonyms ("caption" is a part of...):

film; flick; motion-picture show; motion picture; movie; moving-picture show; moving picture; pic; picture; picture show (a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement)

Derivation:

caption (provide with a caption, as of a photograph or a drawing)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Brief description accompanying an illustration

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

caption; legend

Hypernyms ("caption" is a kind of...):

title (a general or descriptive heading for a section of a written work)

Holonyms ("caption" is a part of...):

illustration (artwork that helps make something clear or attractive)

Derivation:

caption (provide with a caption, as of a photograph or a drawing)

• CAPTION (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they caption    ... he / she / it captions   
Past simple: captioned   
Past participle: captioned   
-ing form: captioning   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Provide with a caption, as of a photograph or a drawing

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "caption" is one way to...):

furnish; provide; render; supply (give something useful or necessary to)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

caption (brief description accompanying an illustration)

caption (translation of foreign dialogue of a movie or TV program; usually displayed at the bottom of the screen)