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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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Recent Examples of captions
Aslesha Mehta, Fortune, 23 Mar. 2026
The photo captions have also been updated to clarify that the program is funded in part, not solely, by Lyda Hill Philanthropies.
—Miriam Fauzia, Dallas Morning News, 18 Mar. 2026
A lot of our consumption is, no doubt, quick and shallow — video captions, 140-character tweets, a 3-minute newsreel.
—Big Think, 11 Mar. 2026
The city has been providing AI captions on its YouTube videos of council meetings to accommodate its Latino residents, which make up more than half of the city’s population.
—Gloria Casas, Chicago Tribune, 5 Mar. 2026
The video itself included additional captions, reading ‘An interesting free-kick from Vicario’ along with a laughing emoji, before the word ‘whoops’ and another laughing emoji, as the video cut to Spurs’ head coach Igor Tudor on the touchline.
—Elias Burke, New York Times, 2 Mar. 2026
In the decade or so since, growth around captions has also been accelerated not just by Deaf people, but also by hearing people.
—Abbey White, IndieWire, 27 Feb. 2026
His videos pull in tight on his face to underline an expression and deploy strange fonts so that an Instagram Reel’s usually soulless captions instead help to bolster and magnify his material.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2026
The captions offer a deluge of affiliate links for supplements and nontoxic cleaning products.
—Elaine Godfrey, The Atlantic, 10 Feb. 2026
Noun
Translation tools, meeting summaries and captions have the ability to smooth over gaps in fluency and assist non-native speakers in writing emails, translating, and functioning more confidently in English-first settings.
—Aslesha Mehta, Fortune, 23 Mar. 2026
The photo captions have also been updated to clarify that the program is funded in part, not solely, by Lyda Hill Philanthropies.
—Miriam Fauzia, Dallas Morning News, 18 Mar. 2026
A lot of our consumption is, no doubt, quick and shallow — video captions, 140-character tweets, a 3-minute newsreel.
—Big Think, 11 Mar. 2026
The city has been providing AI captions on its YouTube videos of council meetings to accommodate its Latino residents, which make up more than half of the city’s population.
—Gloria Casas, Chicago Tribune, 5 Mar. 2026
The video itself included additional captions, reading ‘An interesting free-kick from Vicario’ along with a laughing emoji, before the word ‘whoops’ and another laughing emoji, as the video cut to Spurs’ head coach Igor Tudor on the touchline.
—Elias Burke, New York Times, 2 Mar. 2026
In the decade or so since, growth around captions has also been accelerated not just by Deaf people, but also by hearing people.
—Abbey White, IndieWire, 27 Feb. 2026
His videos pull in tight on his face to underline an expression and deploy strange fonts so that an Instagram Reel’s usually soulless captions instead help to bolster and magnify his material.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2026
The captions offer a deluge of affiliate links for supplements and nontoxic cleaning products.
—Elaine Godfrey, The Atlantic, 10 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for captions
Noun
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Where translations begin their journeys.—
Julie Finch,
Literary Hub,
25 Mar. 2026
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The presentations at Apple's last developers conference focused more on incremental developments, including live translations for phone calls, which improve everyday life rather than the sweeping ambitions for AI that its rivals are marketing.—
Juby Babu,
USA Today,
24 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Křížová played in 77 regular-season games and 18 playoff games as part of the Frost’s back-to-back Walter Cup titles.—
Twin Cities,
Twin Cities,
31 Mar. 2026
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Logan Paul and Austin Theory of The Vision defeated The Usos in a street fight to capture the titles, with the finish coming after a sequence involving internet personality IShowSpeed, brass knuckles, and an accidental shot on LA Knight.—
Andrew Ravens,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The Lowriders stamps showcase five classic models.—
Monica Garske,
NBC news,
13 Mar. 2026
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Conscious qualities, such as our emotional tone, complexity of thought, or attentional focus, could each meaningfully constrain how the mind stamps its presence on the brain’s dynamic landscape.—
Conor Feehly,
Big Think,
10 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Simple formatting, recognizable headings, and standard section labels all carry weight in whether a resume is parsed correctly.—
K. H. Koehler,
USA Today,
23 Dec. 2025
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Ratified in 1870, the Fifteenth Amendment is short, a mere fifty words including the section headings, but with a large intended effect.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
25 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The Institute for Palestine Studies labels him as a nurse and head of the clinical nutrition department at Nasser Hospital.—
Beth Bailey,
FOXNews.com,
22 Mar. 2026
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The Dude Humor Report literally labels itself as satire, and many similar pages do the same in their bios or post descriptions.—
Hanna Wickes,
Miami Herald,
17 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Big names like Amy Schumer as well as local legends and new up-and-coming talent perform here.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
31 Mar. 2026
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The Masters at Augusta National will feature the world's best golfers vying for the green jacket, something previous legends, including Jack Nicklaus, have done multiple times in their careers.—
Matthew Couden,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The focus was narrow, but thoughtfully executed; two weeks in, the museum even acquired a work that was long believed a false copy, but which was reattributed to Murillo by an art historian, causing a flurry of international headlines.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
30 Mar. 2026
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Suddenly, nearly eight months after her sister's capture, headlines were overtaken by news of the 250 hostages.—
Erin Moriarty,
CBS News,
29 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Gerth gets notified every time a neighbor tags her on Facebook.—
Noel Brennan,
CBS News,
31 Mar. 2026
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Reece Atwood tags her with an RBI single off the left-field wall that scores Kayden Henry, MaTaia Lawson follows with a 2-RBI single into right, and Jaycie Nichols bounces another single up the middle.—
Thomas Jones,
Austin American Statesman,
27 Feb. 2026
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“Captions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/captions. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.
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