Caption dictionary definition | caption meaning
UsagenotesInfilmandvideo,captionsmaytranscribe[1]ordescribeallsignificantdialogueandsoundforviewerswhocannothearit,whilesubtitles[2]translate[3]foreign-languagedialogue.Verb(third-personsingularsimplepresentcaptions,presentparticiplecaptioning,simplepastandpastparticiplecaptioned)Toaddcaptionstoatextorillustration.Onlyoncethedrawingisdonewilltheletterercaptionit.Toaddcaptionstoafilmorbroadcast.OriginAttestedc.1384,insense“taking,seizure”,fromOldFrenchcapcionordirectlyfromLatin[4]captio,fromt...
Usage notesIn film and video, captions may transcribe[1] or describe all significant dialogue and sound for viewers who cannot hear it, while subtitles[2] translate[3] foreign-language dialogue.
Verb(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.OriginAttested c.1384, in sense “taking, seizure”, from Old French capcion or directly from Latin[4] captio, from the past participle of capiō (“I take, I seize”) (English capture).
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