Meaning & use
Captions
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Titles or brief explanatory texts accompanying illustrations, photographs, or displayed on screen with dialogue or narration.
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The magazine's photo captions explained the story behind each image.
She turned on the captions to follow the foreign film's dialogue.
A note on using this word
Distinct from subtitles: captions typically also describe non-dialogue sounds, making them especially useful for viewers who are deaf or hard of hearing.
Words with a similar meaning
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Another way to use it
2. verb
To provide a title or explanatory text for an image, video, or broadcast.
The editor captions each photograph before publishing the article.
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