Definitions for: 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



Webster (1913) 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.]

Synonyms: legend, subtitle

See Also: film, flick, furnish, illustration, interlingual rendition, motion picture, movie, moving picture, pic, picture, picture show, provide, render, rendering, supply, title, translation, version

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