Caption

Pronunciation

 * , {{SAMPA|/"k{p.Sn/}}

Noun

 * 1) The descriptive heading or title of a document or part therof
 * 2) A title or brief explanation attached to an illustration or cartoon.
 * 3) A piece of text appearing on screen as subtitle or other part of a film or broadcast.
 * 4)  The section on an official paper that describes when, where, what was taken, found or executed, and by whom it was authorized.
 * 5)  A seizure or capture, especially of tangible property (chattel).

Derived terms

 * captioning, captioned, captioner
 * closed caption, closed-caption, closed captions, closed captioned, closed-captioned, close captioned, close-captioned, closed captioning, closed-captioning
 * open caption, open-caption, open captions
 * real time caption, real-time caption, real time captioning, real-time captioning

Related terms

 * caption
 * captious
 * captivate
 * captive

Verb

 * 1) To add captions to a text or illustration.
 * Only once the drawing is done will the letterer caption it.
 * 1) To add captions to a film or broadcast.

Thesaurus
banner, banner head, drop head, dropline, epigraph, hanger, head, head up, heading, headline, jump head, legend, motto, overline, rubric, running head, running title, scarehead, screamer, spread, spreadhead, streamer, subhead, subheading, subtitle, superscription, title, title page, underline