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as in translation
an explanation or description accompanying a pictorial illustration
for the school yearbook, funny captions were written for snapshots showing a typical day at school
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as in title
a word or series of words often in larger letters placed at the beginning of a passage or at the top of a page in order to introduce or categorize
the textbook features cleverly worded captions to capture the reader's attention
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Recent Examples of caption
Mark Travers, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
Collette looked incredibly joyful in her video, and confirmed her exuberance in the caption.
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 8 Mar. 2025
Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 27 Feb. 2025
Kardashian Barker simply captioned her gallery post with a love letter emoji.
—Hannah Sacks, People.com, 27 Feb. 2025
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Noun
These men shower their wives with praise, heartfelt captions and picture-perfect moments, creating an image of unwavering devotion.
—Mark Travers, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
Collette looked incredibly joyful in her video, and confirmed her exuberance in the caption.
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 8 Mar. 2025
Verb
Kenan Thompson captioned a clip of his and Trachtenberg’s time on Nickelodeon.
—Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 27 Feb. 2025
Kardashian Barker simply captioned her gallery post with a love letter emoji.
—Hannah Sacks, People.com, 27 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for caption
Noun
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The European Union’s Digital Markets Act (DMA) then pushed Apple to open up a lot more and let people select default apps for phone calls, messaging, password managers, keyboards, call spam filters, navigation, and translation apps.—
Jibin Joseph,
PC Magazine,
28 Mar. 2025
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Driving the news: Francis' life was at risk twice, his doctors said at a Saturday news conference, per an Associated Press' translation.—
Avery Lotz,
Axios,
23 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Brady could rise to No. 1 in the welterweight division, though Muhammad is already scheduled to defend his title against Jack Della Maddalena in May.—
Brian Mazique,
Forbes,
23 Mar. 2025
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In addition to his base pay, Wade earned $10,000 this year for winning the Southland Conference regular season title, $30,000 for winning the league’s postseason tournament, $15,000 for being named the Southland Coach of the Year and $25,000 for winning an NCAA Tournament game.—
Eben Novy-Williams,
Sportico.com,
22 Mar. 2025
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Ukraine’s notorious bureaucracy, while modernizing, could still hamper foreign investments, as could a system of corruption that some experts caution has defied efforts to stamp it out.—
Howard LaFranchi,
The Christian Science Monitor,
20 Mar. 2025
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Certain four-digit combinations that make up a year seem to stamp themselves on my mind.—
Michael Brendan Dougherty,
National Review,
19 Mar. 2025
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Archaeologists and historians have unearthed ancient myths and legends that speak of olive trees as sacred spaces, inspiring countless studies and debates on the true age and significance of Vouves.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes,
23 Mar. 2025
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Haiden is the son of famous motocross star and X Games legend Brian Deegan, 50.—
Toria Sheffield,
People.com,
23 Mar. 2025
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Now read the latest Pixel 10 Pro, Galaxy S26 and Android smartphone headlines in Forbes’ weekly news digest...—
Ewan Spence,
Forbes,
23 Mar. 2025
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People want to see the house from the headlines up close.—
Lauren Mascarenhas,
CNN,
23 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Those who want or need assistance can tag and set their luggage outside their stateroom the night before disembarking and pick it up inside the cruise terminal.—
Nathan Diller,
USA Today,
28 Mar. 2025
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Maybe the club should have tagged the new stadium as the 'Wembley of Islington' and got the government to help pay for it like that tax dodging grifter in Monte Carlo is attempting up north.—
Amy Lawrence,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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So rare, in fact, that after nearly missing the cutline at Cognizant Classic, was only the 6th player to accomplish it after nine long years.—
Devlina Sarkar,
Newsweek,
15 Mar. 2025
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Ohio State is almost surely on the right side of the cutline as things stand, but a losing streak for a team that is only 15-11 overall would be a serious problem.—
Jim Root,
The Athletic,
20 Feb. 2025
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Meanwhile, Erceg is looking to end a two-fight losing skid of his own heading into the UFC Mexico City headliner.—
Trent Reinsmith,
Forbes.com,
29 Mar. 2025
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The researchers mined 16 years of U.S. Coast Guard data detailing the position, velocity, status and heading of ships in U.S. waterways, cross-referencing hundreds of millions of data points with port and bridge data kept by the National Bridge Inventory.—
Marc Ramirez,
USA TODAY,
24 Mar. 2025
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“Caption.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/caption. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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