closed-captioned
[ klohzd-kap-shuhnd ]
/ ˈkloʊzdˈkæp ʃənd /
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adjective
(of a television program, film, or video) distributed with synchronized transcription 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. Abbreviation: CC
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Origin of closed-captioned
First recorded in 1975–80
OTHER WORDS FROM closed-captioned
closed cap·tion·ing, nounWords nearby closed-captioned
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British Dictionary definitions for closed-captioned
closed-captioned
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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