caption

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /ˈkæp.ʃn/
• SAMPA: /"k{p.Sn/

• Audio (UK)

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• Hyphenation: cap‧tion

Noun

Singular caption

Plural captions

This is a caption under the picture of a cat. The cat has nothing to do with this article. This is an example of a caption.

1. (countable) A caption is a title or description of an image or illustration.

   Look at the caption under the illustration to learn more.

Verb

Plain form caption

Third-person singular captions

Past tense captioned

Past participle captioned

Present participle captioning

1. (transitive) If you caption an image or a text, you add a caption (description or title) to it.

   Only once the drawing is done will the letterer caption it.