caption
noun
a title or explanation for a picture or illustration, as in a magazine, newspaper, or book.
captioned
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past participleof caption.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof caption.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
captionnouna title or explanation for a picture or illustration, as in a magazine, newspaper, or book.
Example Sentences
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“This is what they stole from us,” Musk captioned the computer-generated photo of his sci-fi fan fiction.
From Salon ● Nov. 3, 2026
Protesters in Paris have also been pictured on the front page of the Sunday Telegraph, captioned: "Rioters on the rampage across France."
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026
The post, archived by the Santa Barbara Independent, was captioned “meet the gc,” or group chat, and included a caption with several ninja emojis.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
In photos of the Bahamas celebration reviewed by The Wall Street Journal, guests posed under a heart, and one guest captioned her post “the wedding of the century.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
An old cartoon captioned “The PhD thesis” shows a little boy firing an arrow into the air, seeing where it lands, walking over to it, and painting a target around that spot.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
