caption
gb/kˈæpʃən/ us/kˈæpʃən/
B1
Kiingereza
~ 6600
Maana
maana 0
Nomino
B1
entity
1
short text with a picture
Short words under or next to a picture that say what it shows or add a comment.
Muundo wa matumizi:
a caption for [a photo/picture/image]
Kosa la kawaida:
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.
Visawe
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.)
Vinyume
image (Contrasts the visual part (picture) with the written description (caption).)
Miunganiko ya maneno
photo caption
|image caption
|write a caption
|funny caption
|add a caption
|caption contest
Mada
media
|technology
|daily life
|communication
|arts_entertainment
Mifano
- The magazine printed the wrong caption under my photo.
- She posted a picture of her dog with the caption, "Best friend ever."
- 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.
Mifano kwa wanafunzi
- I need a good caption for this photo.
- There is a short caption under the picture.
- 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.
Nomino
B1
entity
2
on-screen text of speech
Text on the screen that shows the words people say and important sounds in a video or TV show.
Muundo wa matumizi:
turn on [the] captions for [a video/show]
Kosa la kawaida:
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.
Visawe
subtitles (Often used for translated text of speech; "captions" commonly include descriptions of sounds and are used for accessibility.)
Vinyume
audio (Contrasts the spoken sound itself with the written text that represents it.)
Miunganiko ya maneno
closed captions
|turn on captions
|enable captions
|live captions
|auto-generated captions
|captions for the hearing impaired
Mada
media
|technology
|accessibility
|communication
Mifano
- I always watch movies with captions so I don't miss any dialogue.
- Make sure the captions are accurate before we upload the video.
- 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.
Mifano kwa wanafunzi
- Please turn on the captions. I cannot hear well.
- He uses captions when he watches videos in English.
- 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.
Kitenzi
B2
action
3
add explanatory text to media
To put short words with a picture or video to say what it shows or to make a comment.
Muundo wa matumizi:
to caption [a photo/picture/video/post]
Kosa la kawaida:
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.
Visawe
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.)
Vinyume
leave uncaptioned (Phrasal opposite: to not add any explanatory text to an image or video.)
Miunganiko ya maneno
caption a photo
|caption an image
|caption a meme
|caption a video
|creatively caption
|humorously captioned
Mada
media
|technology
|daily life
|communication
Mifano
- She captioned the photo, "First day at my new job."
- Please caption each chart clearly so readers can understand the data.
- 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.
Mifano kwa wanafunzi
- I will caption this picture later.
- He captioned the video with a short joke.
- 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.
Nomino
formal
C1
entity
4
heading of a section or document
A short line of words at the top of a part of a text, saying what that part is about.
Muundo wa matumizi:
under the caption "[title]"
Kosa la kawaida:
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.
Visawe
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.)
Vinyume
body text (Contrasts the main running text of a document with its short heading line.)
Miunganiko ya maneno
under the caption
|legal caption
|case caption
|chapter caption
|section caption
|document caption
Mada
law
|academia
|business
|communication
|education
Mifano
- The terms are listed under the caption "Payment and Delivery."
- The case caption includes the names of both parties.
- 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.
Mifano kwa wanafunzi
- The caption at the top says "Introduction."
- Please check the caption of the document for the correct date.
- 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.
Sarufi
Umbo la kamusi
caption
IPA
GB/kˈæpʃən/
US/kˈæpʃən/
Silabi na mkazo
cap - tion (silabi 2)
Stress on 1st syllable (cap)
Maumbo ya neno
Noun
- Base: caption
- Plural: captions
Verb
- Base: caption
- 3rd Person Singular: captions
- Present Participle: captioning
- Past: captioned
Familia ya neno
Forms
captions
noun
captioning
verb
captioned
verb
Related words
subtitle
noun B1
Negative and opposite forms
captionless
adjective
Advanced or less common
captioner
noun
Semi
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.
Mifano
- 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.
Mifano
- 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.
Mifano
- 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.
Mifano
- 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.
Mifano
- The safety instructions are listed under the caption "Warnings."
- Further details can be found under the caption "Definitions" in the contract.