closed-captioned

American

[klohzd-kap-shuhnd] / ˈkloʊzdˈkæp ʃənd /

adjective

(of a television program, film, or video) distributed with synchronized transcription or translation of speech and written descriptions of other relevant audio elements, as for the hard of hearing, that are visible only when the option to display them is selected. CC

closed-captioned British

adjective

(of a video recording) having subtitles which appear on screen only if the cassette is played through a special decoder

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Other Word Forms

closed captioning noun

Etymology

Origin of closed-captioned

First recorded in 1975–80

Example Sentences

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It's a tiny, stylish unit with a built-in video camera that hooks up to your TV so you can watch yourself singing closed-captioned lyrics as they scroll by.

From Time Magazine Archive

Curb ramps, lift-equipped buses and extrawide rest-room stalls for wheelchair users are now as common a feature of the American landscape as are closed-captioned TV titles.

From Time Magazine Archive

The only source of light comes from the television, which continues to play the closed-captioned Star Wars marathon we started earlier.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

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