Meaning of CAPTION
| Pronunciation: | | 'kapshun
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- [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
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| | Synonyms: | | legend, subtitle |
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| | See Also: | | film, flick, furnish, illustration, interlingual rendition, motion picture, movie, moving picture, pic, picture, picture show, provide, render, rendering, supply, title, translation, version | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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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| | Definition: | | Heading or introductory party of a pleading. |
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| | Related Terms: | | 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 |
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