caption
short text with a picture
Short words under or next to a picture that say what it shows or add a comment.
a caption for [a photo/picture/image]
- 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.
- 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.
on-screen text of speech
Text on the screen that shows the words people say and important sounds in a video or TV show.
turn on [the] captions for [a video/show]
- 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.
- 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.
add explanatory text to media
To put short words with a picture or video to say what it shows or to make a comment.
to caption [a photo/picture/video/post]
- 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.
- 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.
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.
under the caption "[title]"
- 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.
- 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.
- Base: caption
- Plural: captions
- Base: caption
- 3rd Person Singular: captions
- Present Participle: captioning
- Past: captioned
auto-generated captions
1software-created text from audio
Captions that a computer program creates by listening to the sound in a video.
- 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
1ask someone to write a caption
Used to ask people to write a short, often funny line for a picture or video.
- She posted a strange photo with the text, "Caption this."
- The page runs a weekly "Caption this" challenge with a new cartoon.
closed captions
1captions 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.
- The streaming service offers closed captions in several languages.
- Turn on closed captions if you find the dialogue hard to understand.
photo caption
1text explaining a photograph
Short words that go with a photo to explain it or make a comment.
- Each photo caption includes the date and location.
- Write a photo caption that tells the reader why this moment is important.
under the caption
1below a specified heading
Used to say that information is written in a part of a text that has a certain heading.
- The safety instructions are listed under the caption "Warnings."
- Further details can be found under the caption "Definitions" in the contract.