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noun

plural of caption
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as in translations
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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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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verb

present tense third-person singular of caption
as in stamps

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Recent Examples of captions
Noun
In the closed captions for the trailer, his character is identified as Pierce. — Katie Mannion, PEOPLE, 3 July 2026 In true influencer form, tons of small clips are edited together and overlaid with bouncy captions. — Sophie Lindberg, Kansas City Star, 3 July 2026 Like why does Bravo think making the captions all different sizes screams Gen Z? — Tom Smyth, Vulture, 25 June 2026 One of the more obvious storytelling choices in Weapon X is the lack of narrative captions. — Literary Hub, 22 June 2026 Although the photographs span nearly two dozen countries and three decades, Power provides no captions, scrubbing his scenes of dates and descriptions. — Eren Orbey, New Yorker, 23 June 2026 Scheduling platforms let marketers queue posts weeks ahead, and artificial intelligence tools draft captions and reports. — Ashley Hass, The Conversation, 24 June 2026 This year, make your social media post one for the history books with these festive, funny, and sentimental Fourth of July Instagram captions. — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 2 July 2026 Meta is arguably the most popular brand for this type of wearable in the US right now, but others like Tecno and Rokid – whose glasses include a head-up display for live captions and notifications in your field of vision (review coming soon) – could catch up with differentiated offerings. — New Atlas, 24 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for captions
  1. translations
  2. titles
  3. stamps
  4. legends
  5. headings
  6. labels
  7. headlines
  8. tags
Noun
  • Labels throughout the classroom include both English and Spanish translations.
    — Lina Ruiz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 July 2026
  • These ancient scrolls are too fragile to unfurl, stymieing scholars’ attempts over the past few centuries to complete translations of the texts within.
    — Leigh Anne Miller, ARTnews.com, 30 June 2026
Definition of translations
Noun
  • James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh led the Heat to two NBA titles and four Finals appearances in their four years together (2010 through 2014) before James left in free agency to return to the Cleveland Cavaliers.
    — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 1 July 2026
  • In addition to the three World Series titles, the Dodgers have won five NL pennants and nine division titles under Roberts.
    — Liana Handler, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026
Definition of titles
Verb
  • The company that stamps its name on a custom chip and the company that captures the durable profit from it are rarely the same.
    — Jon Markman, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
  • Where to buy Mister Rogers stamps The Mister Rogers Stamps will be available for purchase at any post office nationwide and on The Postal Store online.
    — Greta Cross, USA Today, 26 May 2026
Definition of stamps
Noun
  • Like Rocky Balboa and Apollo Creed fighting to exhaustion, the two aging legends will look to do the same with a round-of-16 spot on the line.
    — David Hickey, NBC news, 2 July 2026
  • Now, Cynthia Cooper and Teresa Weatherspoon, two WNBA legends, will serve as general managers and select their rosters among the 22 All-Stars who get the opportunity to represent their teams in Chicago.
    — Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 2 July 2026
Definition of legends
Noun
  • Instead of streamlining, companies simply used generic headings to bucket their existing legal boilerplate.
    — Shivaram Rajgopal, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
  • To work around this, LLM hackers turned to markup language, which, among other things, allows users to add formatting elements such as headings, lists, and links to text without the need for HTML tags.
    — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 16 June 2026
Definition of headings
Verb
  • Also highlighted this year as finalists are fellow couture designer Julie de Libran as well as menswear labels EgonLab and Kartik Research.
    — Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 28 June 2026
  • Netris labels its approach NAAM, for Network Automation, Abstraction, and Multi-Tenancy, and has become the platform neoclouds standardize on as the category takes shape.
    — R. Scott Raynovich, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
Definition of labels
Noun
  • Chiefs game Swift made headlines when she was photographed sitting next to Kelce's mom, Donna, at a Kansas City Chiefs game in September 2023.
    — Lori A Bashian, FOXNews.com, 3 July 2026
  • Lamine Yamal hoovered up the headlines after making his first World Cup start in Spain’s convincing 4-0 victory over Saudi Arabia on June 21 — and with good reason.
    — Mark Carey, New York Times, 2 July 2026
Definition of headlines
Verb
  • McDonnell, who focuses on predatory fish and impacts from climate change and fishing, typically tags fish with sensors for studies.
    — Jenny Staletovich, Sun Sentinel, 14 June 2026
  • Gerth gets notified every time a neighbor tags her on Facebook.
    — Noel Brennan, CBS News, 31 Mar. 2026
Definition of tags

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