caption
gb/kˈæpʃən/ us/kˈæpʃən/
B1
Engleză
~ 6600
képaláírás, felirat, zárt felirat, feliratoz, képaláírást ír, cím, címsor, fejléc
SUBSTANTIV
B1
1
képaláírás
B1
Tipar de utilizare:
a caption for [a photo/picture/image]
The magazine printed the wrong caption under my photo.
A magazin rossz képaláírást közölt a fotóm alatt.
She posted a picture of her dog with the caption, "Best friend ever."
Posztolt egy képet a kutyájáról ezzel a képaláírással: „A világ legjobb barátja.”
Try to write a caption that makes the meme funnier.
Each diagram in the report has a clear caption explaining the data.
Look at the caption below the painting for more information about the artist.
Exemple pentru cursanți
I need a good caption for this photo.
Kell egy jó képaláírás ehhez a fotóhoz.
There is a short caption under the picture.
A kép alatt rövid képaláírás van.
He wrote a funny caption for his holiday photos.
Please read the caption under the chart.
The app lets you add a caption to every image.
Greșeală frecventă:
Learners sometimes confuse "caption" with "title" or "headline". A caption is usually a short text directly connected to a picture or image, while a headline is the main title of an article and a title is the name of a book, movie, or work.
Sens
short text with a picture
Colocații
photo caption
|image caption
|write a caption
|funny caption
|add a caption
|caption contest
Sinonime
label (Can mean a short piece of text identifying something; less specific to photos and images.)
|
title (Focuses more on the name of something rather than an explanatory line under a picture.)
|
tagline (Often a short, catchy phrase, especially in advertising; not always directly explaining the image.)
Antonime
image (Contrasts the visual part (picture) with the written description (caption).)
Teme
media
|technology
|daily life
|communication
|arts_entertainment
Definiție
Short words under or next to a picture that say what it shows or add a comment.
A short piece of text that explains or comments on a picture, illustration, or image, usually printed below or beside it.
SUBSTANTIV
B1
2
felirat
A2
zárt felirat
C1
Tipar de utilizare:
turn on [the] captions for [a video/show]
I always watch movies with captions so I don't miss any dialogue.
Mindig felirattal nézem a filmeket, hogy egyetlen mondatot se szalasszak el.
Make sure the captions are accurate before we upload the video.
Mielőtt feltöltjük a videót, győződj meg róla, hogy pontosak a feliratok.
You can enable live captions in the meeting settings.
The captions describe background noises as well as spoken words.
She turned on English captions to help her learn new vocabulary.
Exemple pentru cursanți
Please turn on the captions. I cannot hear well.
Kérlek, kapcsold be a feliratot. Nem hallok jól.
He uses captions when he watches videos in English.
Feliratot használ, amikor angol nyelvű videókat néz.
The captions are not correct on this show.
I read the captions to understand the fast speech.
There are no captions on this old movie.
Greșeală frecventă:
Learners sometimes use only the word "subtitles" when they mean accessibility text for deaf or hard-of-hearing viewers. In many contexts, especially in North American English, "captions" suggests accessibility and can include descriptions of sounds, while "subtitles" often just show spoken words, sometimes translated.
Sens
on-screen text of speech
Colocații
closed captions
|turn on captions
|enable captions
|live captions
|auto-generated captions
|captions for the hearing impaired
Sinonime
subtitles (Often used for translated text of speech; "captions" commonly include descriptions of sounds and are used for accessibility.)
Antonime
audio (Contrasts the spoken sound itself with the written text that represents it.)
Teme
media
|technology
|accessibility
|communication
Definiție
Text on the screen that shows the words people say and important sounds in a video or TV show.
Words and sound descriptions shown on a screen that represent what is being said or heard in a video, TV show, or film, often used to help viewers understand the audio.
VERB
B2
3
feliratoz
B2
Tipar de utilizare:
to caption [a photo/picture/video/post]
She captioned the photo, "First day at my new job."
A fotóhoz ezt a képaláírást írta: „Első nap az új munkahelyemen.”
Please caption each chart clearly so readers can understand the data.
Kérlek, minden diagramot egyértelműen feliratozz, hogy az olvasók megértsék az adatokat.
Users can upload and caption their own videos on the platform.
The meme was cleverly captioned and quickly went viral.
Students were asked to caption the historical images for the exhibition.
Exemple pentru cursanți
I will caption this picture later.
Később írok képaláírást ehhez a képhez.
He captioned the video with a short joke.
A videóhoz rövid viccet írt képaláírásként.
Can you caption these photos for the school website?
They asked us to caption each image in the project.
She likes to caption her travel photos on social media.
Greșeală frecventă:
Learners sometimes use "title" as a verb instead of "caption" when talking about photos or memes. Use "caption" for short text directly attached to an image or video, and "title" for the main name of a work or document.
Sens
add explanatory text to media
Colocații
caption a photo
|caption an image
|caption a meme
|caption a video
|creatively caption
|humorously captioned
Sinonime
label (Can mean to put identifying text on something; less specific to media and may sound more functional than creative.)
|
entitle (Means to give a title, usually to a book or work; less about a short explanatory line for an image.)
Antonime
leave uncaptioned (Phrasal opposite: to not add any explanatory text to an image or video.)
Teme
media
|technology
|daily life
|communication
Definiție
To put short words with a picture or video to say what it shows or to make a comment.
To provide a picture, illustration, or video with a short piece of text that explains, describes, or comments on it.
SUBSTANTIV
C1
FORMAL
4
Tipar de utilizare:
under the caption "[title]"
The terms are listed under the caption "Payment and Delivery."
A feltételek a „Fizetés és szállítás” cím alatt szerepelnek.
The case caption includes the names of both parties.
Az ügyirat fejlécében mindkét fél neve szerepel.
Each chapter begins with a brief caption that summarizes its content.
The judge corrected an error in the caption of the order.
In the contract, the caption of each section is printed in bold.
Exemple pentru cursanți
The caption at the top says "Introduction."
A tetején lévő cím az, hogy „Bevezetés”.
Please check the caption of the document for the correct date.
Kérlek, ellenőrizd a dokumentum fejlécében, hogy helyes-e a dátum.
This law has a long caption before the main text.
There is a caption over each part of the report.
The names of the people in the court case are in the caption.
Greșeală frecventă:
This formal meaning is easy to confuse with the everyday sense of a caption under a picture. In legal and formal writing, a "caption" can be the heading line with names, dates, or section titles, usually at the top of a document or part of a document, not underneath an image.
Sens
heading of a section or document
Colocații
under the caption
|legal caption
|case caption
|chapter caption
|section caption
|document caption
Sinonime
heading (General word for a line of text that introduces a new section; more common in everyday use.)
|
title (Focuses on the name of a document or section as a whole, not specifically its function as a formal heading.)
Antonime
body text (Contrasts the main running text of a document with its short heading line.)
Teme
law
|academia
|business
|communication
|education
Definiție
A short line of words at the top of a part of a text, saying what that part is about.
A short heading or title at the beginning of a chapter, section, legal document, or article that indicates its subject.
Gramatică
Forma de dicționar
caption
IPA
GB/kˈæpʃən/
US/kˈæpʃən/
Silabe și accent
cap - tion (2 silabe)
Stress on 1st syllable (cap)
Forme ale cuvântului
Noun
- Base: caption
- Plural: captions
Verb
- Base: caption
- 3rd Person Singular: captions
- Present Participle: captioning
- Past: captioned
Familie de cuvinte
Forms
captions
noun
captioning
verb
captioned
verb
Related words
subtitle
noun B1
Negative and opposite forms
captionless
adjective
Advanced or less common
captioner
noun
Expresii
auto-generated captions
1/ˈɔtoʊ d͡ʒˈɛnɚˌeɪtɪd kˈæpʃənz/
fixed phrase
technical
software-created text from audio
Captions that a computer program creates by listening to the sound in a video.
Exemple
- The auto-generated captions on this video contain many mistakes.
- You can edit the auto-generated captions to fix the timing and spelling.
caption this
1/kˈæpʃən ðˈɪs/
fixed phrase
informal
ask someone to write a caption
Used to ask people to write a short, often funny line for a picture or video.
Exemple
- She posted a strange photo with the text, "Caption this."
- The page runs a weekly "Caption this" challenge with a new cartoon.
closed captions
1/klˈoʊzd kˈæpʃənz/
fixed phrase
technical
captions for deaf or hard-of-hearing viewers
Text on a screen that shows what people say and important sounds, made especially to help people who cannot hear well.
Exemple
- The streaming service offers closed captions in several languages.
- Turn on closed captions if you find the dialogue hard to understand.
photo caption
1/fˈoʊtoʊ kˈæpʃən/
fixed phrase
text explaining a photograph
Short words that go with a photo to explain it or make a comment.
Exemple
- Each photo caption includes the date and location.
- Write a photo caption that tells the reader why this moment is important.
under the caption
1/ˈʌndɚ ðə kˈæpʃən/
fixed phrase
formal
below a specified heading
Used to say that information is written in a part of a text that has a certain heading.
Exemple
- The safety instructions are listed under the caption "Warnings."
- Further details can be found under the caption "Definitions" in the contract.