caption
noun
a title or explanation for a picture or illustration, as in a magazine, newspaper, or book.
captions
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pluralof caption.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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present tense formof caption (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
captionnouna title or explanation for a picture or illustration, as in a magazine, newspaper, or book.
Example Sentences
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“I have to put the closed captions on so I can see what’s happening on the screen,” the 53-year-old realtor and attorney said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
The combination of text and image recurs throughout Lynch’s paintings as well, where captions often make distressing narratives explicit.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
The captions aren’t meant to be read by users, exactly, but instead picked up by keyword-trained algorithms that surface the post on your feed.
From Slate ● Aug. 28, 2026
Other users are sharing the videos, adding their own captions and locations across the UK.
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026
If you had to speak English with running captions in your mind showing all the roots, all the way back to Indo-European, you’d fall off the bicycle.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
