Other Word Forms of Caption
Noun
Singular:
caption
Plural:
captions
Origin of Caption
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Middle English capcioun arrest from Old French capcion from Latin captiō captiōn- from captus past participle of capere to seize kap- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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Attested c.1384, in sense “taking, seizure”, from Old French capcion or directly from Latin captio, from the past participle of capiō (“I take, I seize”) (English capture).
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Caption Sentence Examples
The title is taken from the penciled caption on the back of the print.
Ads can feature up to 1000 words of text plus a caption.
Letting your mouse hover over each image should cause a caption to appear.
They should be numbered consecutively in Arabic numerals with a descriptive caption.
To watch closed captions you need to connect a caption reader to your video recorder.
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