Definition of captions. Meaning of captions. Synonyms of captions

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Definition of captions

Caption
Caption Cap"tion, n. [L. captio, fr. caper to take. In senses 3 and 4, perhaps confounded in meaning with L. caput a head. See Capacious.] 1. A caviling; a sophism. [Obs.] This doctrine is for caption and contradiction. --Bacon. 2. The act of taking or arresting a person by judicial process. [R.] --Bouvier. 3. (Law) That part of a legal instrument, as a commission, indictment, etc., which shows where, when, and by what authority, it was taken, found, or executed. --Bouvier. --Wharton. 4. The heading of a chapter, section, or page. [U. S.]

Meaning of captions from wikipedia

- Look up caption in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Caption may refer to: Caption (text), explanatory text about specific published photos and articles...
- 'Closed Captioning'". "What types of cables support closed captioning?". Steve Barber. "Understanding Digital Captions". Neil Bauman. "Getting Captions On...
- Photo captions, also known as cutlines, are a few lines of text used to explain and elaborate on published photographs. In some cases captions and cutlines...
- Joe Schall. "Captions for Figures and Tables". Effective Technical Writing in the Information Age. Retrieved 28 February 2023. Instagram Captions Craft...
- judging of submitted captions is usually quite subjective. Sometimes competition rules limit caption size, but usually the caption is no longer than one...
- conventions can vary, captions are subtitles that include written descriptions of other elements of the audio ,like music or sound effects. Captions are thus especially...
- Prime-Time TV Captions". The Washington Post. March 24, 1979. p. B4. "Real Estate Notes". The Washington Post. June 30, 1979. p. F18. "TV Captions for the Deaf...
- then mail the tape to a special closed captioning facility. In the process, a second video tape with closed captions would be created, incurring generation...
- The Rear Window captioning system (RWC) is a method for presenting, through captions, a transcript of the audio portion of a film in theatres for deaf...
- "talking video." In 2021, Misra left Snap to found Captions with his former colleague Churchill. Captions announced in June 2023 that it had raised $25 million...