CAPTION
Dictionary entry overview: What does caption mean?
• CAPTION (noun)
The noun CAPTION has 3 senses:
1. taking exception; especially an 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)
Meaning:
Taking exception; especially an 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)
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:
subtitle; caption
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; motion-picture show; movie; moving picture; moving-picture show; pic; picture; picture show (a form of entertainment that enacts a story by a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement)
Meaning:
Brief description accompanying an illustration
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
legend; caption
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)
• CAPTION (verb)
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 (provide or furnish with)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
