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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
Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 9 Sep. 2025
The owner said in the caption how Wally slept on it for three hours.
—Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
The image includes a caption attributed to the FBI, describing the agency’s version of the shooting and its justification for honoring the agents.
—Nicole Blanchard, Idaho Statesman, 7 Sep. 2025
His caption matched the tone of the post.
—Armon Sadler, VIBE.com, 4 Sep. 2025
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Verb
The subsequent pages include a childlike drawing of a wedding and redacted photos of young children in bed, playing piano, and evidently posing for the camera, with captions in what appears to be Maxwell’s handwriting.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 9 Sep. 2025
The owner said in the caption how Wally slept on it for three hours.
—Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
The image includes a caption attributed to the FBI, describing the agency’s version of the shooting and its justification for honoring the agents.
—Nicole Blanchard, Idaho Statesman, 7 Sep. 2025
His caption matched the tone of the post.
—Armon Sadler, VIBE.com, 4 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for caption
Noun
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Manuel Orbegozo | Reuters And OpenAI in June showcased an intelligent voice assistant mode for ChatGPT that has fluid translation built in as one of many features.—
Kif Leswing,
CNBC,
12 Sep. 2025
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The outlets reported that the affidavit said Cobos-Martinez and Nagamallaiah got into a disagreement over a translation issue.—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
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Customers may purchase or rent a selection of media titles from Prime Video without having an Amazon Prime or Prime Video account.—
Amaris Encinas,
USA Today,
13 Sep. 2025
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And Women's 100-Meter Hurdles Remain Unpredictable Coming off another world indoor title, Olympic champion, and second fastest man of all-time, Grant Holloway is in position to become the first man to win four world outdoor championship titles in a row.—
Katelyn Hutchison,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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While 10 teams across South America, Asia, Oceania have already joined hosts Canada, Mexico and the United States in stamping their ticket to next June’s tournament, everything is still to play for in European qualifying.—
Jack Bantock,
New York Times,
4 Sep. 2025
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More on the nanoimprint lithography (NIL) Nanoimprint lithography (NIL) is like stamping patterns onto a film, but at a microscopic level.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
2 Sep. 2025
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To celebrate its big anniversary, a special event will be held in Miami, Florida, from January 29 - February 1, featuring none other than legends Sir Roger Daltrey and Simon Townshend, brother of Pete, both of The Who.—
Jim Clash,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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Boxers from all over the world have grown up dreaming of winning the belts that legends of the sport once had wrapped around their waists.—
Sarah Shephard,
New York Times,
13 Sep. 2025
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The gun is a popular rifle used to hunt bigger game and has a markedly different design and function than the modern semiautomatic assault rifles that have made headlines in high-profile mass shootings.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA Today,
14 Sep. 2025
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News to Know New developments in Leonard case Yesterday brought yet another new headline in the Kawhi Leonard saga as evidence continues to mount against the Clippers and owner Steve Ballmer.—
Sam Settleman,
New York Times,
13 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Bieber wore a pair of white briefs, a silver necklace and a single compression sock, and tagged his pals in the post, using three pink double heart emojis as the caption.—
Angel Saunders,
PEOPLE,
11 Sep. 2025
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Xavier Edwards scored on Otto Lopez’s grounder to second, where Garcia tried to tag Marsee on his way to the bag.—
Steve Gorten,
Miami Herald,
10 Sep. 2025
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DeChambeau shot 7-over 77 to finish the two days at 10 over — three shots off the cutline.—
Apress,
The Orlando Sentinel,
14 June 2025
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DeChambeau shot a 7-over 77 to put him at 10-over through the first two days of golf’s third major of the year, a few shots more than the cutline that winnows the field before the third and fourth rounds.—
Kyle Feldscher,
CNN Money,
13 June 2025
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Attached to the appeal letter were nearly 200 pages of records organized by headings and numbers.—
Duaa Eldeib,
ProPublica,
10 Sep. 2025
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The exception would be California poppy which, in my backyard at least, has kept blooming despite no dead heading, as faded flowers have been granted the freedom to turn into seed capsules.—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
30 Aug. 2025
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“Caption.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/caption. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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