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Caption Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Caption? [n] brief description accompanying an illustration [n] translation of foreign dialogue of a movie or TV program; usually displayed at the bottom of the screen [v] provide with a caption, as of a photograph or a drawing Synonyms \| Synonyms for Caption: legend \| subtitle Related Terms \| Find terms related to Caption: banner \| banner head \| drop head \| dropline \| epigraph \| hanger \| head \| head up \| heading \| headline \| jump head \| legend \| motto \| overline \| rubric \| running head \| running title \| scarehead \| screamer \| spread \| spreadhead \| streamer \| subhead \| subheading \| subtitle \| superscription \| title \| title page \| underline See Also \| film \| flick \| furnish \| illustration \| interlingual rendition \| motion picture \| movie \| moving picture \| pic \| picture \| picture show \| provide \| render \| rendering \| supply \| title \| translation \| version Caption In Webster's Dictionary \Cap"tion\, n. [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.]

Caption Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Caption?

[n] brief description accompanying an illustration
[n] translation of foreign dialogue of a movie or TV program; usually displayed at the bottom of the screen
[v] provide with a caption, as of a photograph or a drawing

Synonyms | Synonyms for Caption: legend | subtitle

Caption In Webster's Dictionary

\Cap"tion\, n. [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.]

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