CAPTION | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of caption in English

(Definition of caption from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
(Definition of caption from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of caption

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I feel the captions are not essential to understanding the story behind each photo.
Read their captions, though, and it becomes clear many of the scenes he captures are quite ugly, depicting environments scarred by industry and climate change.
From Wired
The captions are projected onto the glasses and appear to float about 10 feet in front of the user.
From NPR
The programing comes with closed captioning as well as a way to search for videos via the closed caption text.
The caption above, given by user talkhazin, was one of the three selected by editors.
From CNN
A few are copyright restricted -- to access full versions of those openings, head to the links in the captions.
The photographers' captions explain the photo and often the search that went into capturing it.
You'll see those quotes in the captions accompanying each image.
From TIME
I have been trying for some time to get the airlines to provide closed captions on the movies on their airplanes.
From The Hill
They look like crude video games, and the informative captions don't do much to help.
The way you search, surface recommendations, access saved or favorited shows, turn on or off closed captions, etc. is unique for each one.
Just five minutes ago, the caption explains, that water was human waste.
I love sports pictures that do not need a caption.
From TIME
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Translations of caption

in Chinese (Traditional)
(圖書、雜誌或報紙圖片的)說明文字, 圖片說明…
in Chinese (Simplified)
(图书、杂志或报纸图片的)说明文字, 图片说明…
in Spanish
leyenda, leyenda [feminine]…
in Portuguese
legenda, legenda [feminine]…
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in Russian
alt yazı ( resimler için), altyazı…
légende [feminine], légende…
キャプション…
opschrift…
titulek, nadpis, popisek…
billedtekst, undertekst…
teks…
คำบรรยายใต้ภาพ…
phụ đề…
podpis, napis…
rubrik, titel, bild-…
sarikata…
die Überschrift…
billedtekst [masculine], (bilde-/film)tekst…
заголовок…
подпись под иллюстрацией…
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