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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.]
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A caviling; a sophism. [Obs.]
This doctrine is for caption and contradiction.
--Bacon. The act of taking or arresting a person by judicial process. [R.]
--Bouvier.(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.The heading of a chapter, section, or page. [U. S.]
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 14c., "taking, seizure," from Old French capcion "arrest, capture, imprisonment," or directly from Latin captionem (nominative capito) "a catching, seizing, holding, taking," noun of action from past participle stem of capere "to take" (see capable).\n
\nFrom 17c. used especially in law, and there via its appearance at the head of legal document involving seizure ("Certificate of caption", etc.), the word's sense was extended to "the beginning of any document;" thus "heading of a chapter or section of an article" (1789), and, especially in U.S., "description or title below an illustration" (1919).
by 1901, from caption (n.). Related: Captioned; captioning.
Wiktionary
n. 1 (context typography English) The descriptive heading or title of a document or part therof 2 A title or brief explanation attached to an illustration, cartoon, user interface element, etc. 3 (context cinematography English) A piece of text appearing on screen as subtitle or other part of a film or broadcast. 4 (context legal English) The section on an official paper that describes when, where, what was taken, found or executed, and by whom it was authorized. 5 (context obsolete legal English) A seizure or capture, especially of tangible property (chattel). vb. 1 To add captions to a text or illustration. 2 To add captions to a film or broadcast.
WordNet
n. taking exception; especially an quibble based on a captious argument; "a mere caption unworthy of a reply"
translation of foreign dialogue of a movie or TV program; usually displayed at the bottom of the screen [syn: subtitle]
brief description accompanying an illustration [syn: legend]
v. provide with a caption, as of a photograph or a drawing
Wikipedia
Caption may refer to:
- An element of comics where words appear in a separate box
- Caption (comics convention), a small press and independent comic convention held annually in Oxford, England
- Caption (law), arrest or apprehension
- Closed captioning, used to provide the text of a show's audio portion to those who may have trouble hearing it
- Subtitle (captioning), textual versions of the dialog in film and other visual media
- Intertitle, a piece text edited into a film to convey information like dialogue
- Photo caption, explanatory text about specific published photos
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, an HTML element, see HTML element#caption
Caption was a term used (especially in Scotland), for arrest or apprehension.
Caption also has an old legal use, to signify the part of an indictment, etc., which shows where, when and by what authority it is taken, found or executed; so its opening or heading. From this is derived the modern sense of the heading of an article in a book or newspaper.
CAPTION is an annual comics convention specialising in British small press comics. It was first held in Oxford in January 1992, subsequently being held in summer each year. Loosely based on a theme, each year's event offers panels and workshops related to small press comics along with the opportunity to buy and sell them. There is also a significant social aspect. CAPTION is currently the longest-running comics convention in Britain.
CAPTION differs from other conventions by breaking down the distinction between named guests and other attendees, avoiding segregation or special treatment of guests. In addition it prioritizes the social interaction of attendees by encouraging comics creators to place their publications on the CAPTION stall, managed by a rota of volunteers.
Usage examples of "caption".
On the screen Wolf Blitzer was silently mouthing the latest news from Iraq as closed captioning crawled across his tie.
Picture Caption: For their success, our dogs, always out in front on dangerous patrols, paid a terrible price for the safety of the men they led.
Under this last photo was the caption: Detective Third Grade William Dougherty studies murder weapon for clues.
The Atlanta Falcons and the Westside Jaycees print trading cards of their teams, with safety tips as captions.
As he thumbed through the pages, checking the captioned photographs, he felt as though he was facing an enemy for the first time.
They think the pictures and captions will draw more attention to their ads.
There was a printed caption near where a stamp could be placed: Odalisques with great beauty and high intelligence were carefully trained to be concubines.
And a picture of the affair must appear in The Bellman, with a caption which would make it clear that Mr Shillito was retiring of his own volition.
Below the caption was a photograph of Sir Edward Marshall Hall, defence lawyer for someone called Madame Marie-Marguerite Fahhim, a high-society Parisian beauty accused of shooting her Egyptian husband, Prince Ali Kamel Fahhim Bey, dead in 1923.
North read the caption on the postcard: Six men, in battle dress, straining to raise an American flag atop an extinct volcano on a tiny atoll in the Pacific on February 23, 1945.
The caption saud he was dead--killed in action while on assignment for the magazine.
Once, the British magazine Picture Post, now defunct, had run a photograph of Capa, and the headline above the caption had read, The Greatest War Photographer in the World.
He filed the records in the order they were received, providing a caption and summary of each.
It was a splendid likeness, and the fact that he was described in the caption as Professor MacElroy did nothing to diminish the prestige which his pupils accorded him as a result of this publicity.
You know, Nick, I can write the captions, I'm used to doing that, but what this book needs is some really great text up front.