captionnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈkæp.ʃən/us/ˈkæp.ʃən/a short piece of text under a picture in a book, magazine, or newspaper that describes the picture or explains what the people in it are doing or saying
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Pieces of writing
- acrostic
- creative writing
- doodle
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- microblog
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captionverb [ T ]
uk/ˈkæp.ʃən/us/ˈkæp.ʃən/to provide a short piece of text under a picture in a book, magazine, or newspaper that describes the picture or explains what the people in it are doing or saying:
The picture was captioned "Catherine Deneuve in Belle du Jour".
a captioned photograph
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Writing & typing
- asterisk
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- copy
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