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Definition of Caption
1. Noun. Taking exception; especially a quibble based on a captious argument. "A mere caption unworthy of a reply"
2. Verb. Provide with a caption, as of a photograph or a drawing.
3. Noun. Translation of foreign dialogue of a movie or TV program; usually displayed at the bottom of the screen.
Generic synonyms: Interlingual Rendition, Rendering, Translation, Version
Group relationships: Film, Flick, Motion Picture, Motion-picture Show, Movie, Moving Picture, Moving-picture Show, Pic, Picture, Picture Show
Derivative terms: Subtitle
4. Noun. Brief description accompanying an illustration.
Definition of Caption
1. n. A caviling; a sophism.
Definition of Caption
1. Noun. (typography) The descriptive heading or title of a document or part therof ¹
2. Noun. A title or brief explanation attached to an illustration or cartoon. ¹
3. Noun. (cinematography) A piece of text appearing on screen as subtitle or other part of a film or broadcast. ¹
4. Noun. (legal) The section on an official paper that describes when, where, what was taken, found or executed, and by whom it was authorized. ¹
5. Noun. (obsolete legal) A seizure or capture, especially of tangible property (chattel). ¹
6. Verb. To add captions to a text or illustration. ¹
7. Verb. To add captions to a film or broadcast. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Caption
1. to provide with a title [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Caption
Literary usage of Caption
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Digest of the Laws of England by John Comyns, Anthony Hammond (1822)
"So it is sufficient, if the time be ascertained by the caption (k] : as (A) 1.
Where an inferior court, in obedience to a writ of certiorari, ..."
2. Commentaries on the Law of Evidence in Civil Cases by Burr W. Jones, Louis Horwitz (1914)
"appear with as much certainty, as if a separate and distinct caption and ...
The objections wore properly overruled.76 The mere want of a caption to ..."
3. A Treatise on the Criminal Law of the United States by Francis Wharton (1874)
"such. x It was formerly usual to insert the names of twelve grand jurors, at the
least, in the caption ; and Lord Hale says that this is necessary ; though, ..."
4. A Treatise on the Right of Personal Liberty: And on the Writ of Habeas by Rollin Carlos Hurd, Frank Hunt Hurd (1876)
"Statement of the cause of caption. 2. Statement of the cause of detention. 1.
Statement of the cause of caption. — The writ requires not only that the cause ..."
5. Reports of Cases in Criminal Law Argued and Determined in All the Courts in by Edward William Cox (1846)
"I contend that a right to have a copy of the caption exists at common law.
I rely upon the affidavit stating that the application is the whole indictment, ..."
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