Definition of "caption" []

• A title, short explanation, or description accompanying an illustration or a photograph. (noun)
• A series of words superimposed on the bottom of television or motion picture frames that communicate dialogue to the hearing-impaired or translate foreign dialogue. (noun)
• A title or heading, as of a document or article. (noun)
• Law The heading of a pleading or other document that identifies the parties, court, term, and number of the action. (noun)
• To furnish a caption for. (verb-transitive)

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• "William928, it's a K3V, says so in the title caption of the slide."
• "The caption translates as: 'What exactly these women want to say with this placard remains unclear'"
• "The cartoon caption translates as "I know they don't miss me, because there's a guy named Mouriño who does the things I used to do.""