caption

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /ˈkæp.ʃn/
• SAMPA: /"k{p.Sn/

• Audio (UK)

  (file)

• Hyphenation: cap‧tion

Noun

Singular caption

Plural captions

1. (countable) A caption is a title or description of an image or illustration.

   Look at the caption under the illustration to learn more.

Verb

Plain form caption

Third-person singular captions

Past tense captioned

Past participle captioned

Present participle captioning

1. (transitive) If you caption an image or a text, you add a caption (description or title) to it.

   Only once the drawing is done will the letterer caption it.