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# caption

noun (a caption, captions); verb (caption, captions, captioned, captioning)

«caption» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A caption is a short piece of text next to a picture, photo or cartoon that explains it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/caption/#m1)
2. Captions are words shown on a screen that write down what people say, for people who cannot hear well. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/caption/#m2)
3. To caption a picture is to write a caption for it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/caption/#m3)

### In the lessons

In literacy and non-fiction writing pupils add captions to diagrams, photos and posters; captions are a feature of information texts. In everyday life captions appear in newspapers, comics and on social media; closed captions or subtitles help deaf viewers. Online safety: captions can be misleading, so check where the picture came from.

### Examples

- Write a caption under each photo. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/caption/#x1)
- The caption said «A baby elephant at the zoo». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/caption/#x2)
- Turn on the captions so Grandad can follow the film. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/caption/#x3)
- The comic had funny captions. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/caption/#x4)
- Caption your diagram: «The water cycle». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/caption/#x5)
- The picture was real, but the caption was false. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/caption/#x6)

### Note

Countable: captions. Regular verb: captioned. Captions describe pictures; headings go above a section of text. Subtitles usually translate speech; captions can also include sounds like «\[door slams\]».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «caption» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/caption/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«caption» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/caption.html) on Mova free.