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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
Taijuan Moorman, USA Today, 3 Nov. 2025
The captions made the experience even more surreal.
—Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 18 Oct. 2025
After a shake-up in the leadership of her controversial conservatorship, fans began to grow concerned for the musician who virtually disappeared from public life, but started frequently posting dancing videos to her Instagram, often with wild, semi-coherent captions.
—Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Oct. 2025
Keep your language simple, avoid jargon and use captions, ASL interpreters and visual aids.
—Elle Chan, Rolling Stone, 2 Oct. 2025
Even on non-Copilot+ PCs, Windows 11 can display live captions for any spoken audio from any source on the screen.
—PC Magazine, 22 Sep. 2025
Microsoft has also taken steps beyond software, with tablets featuring trackpads that recognize input from various appendages—not just fingertips—while also incorporating voice input, live captions, and other inclusive features.
—Aslesha Mehta, Fortune, 22 Sep. 2025
Though the new glasses include just a small digital display in their right lens, that screen enables unique visual functions, like reading messages, seeing photo previews and reading live captions while having a conversation with someone.
—Jonathan Vanian, CNBC, 20 Sep. 2025
Treat those first clips like real assignments and deliver them complete with captions and calls to action.
—Renae Gregoire, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Verb
The removal of Spears' Instagram account comes after years of public concern and defense over her social media presence, in which the pop star has been seen posting dance videos (including with knives), sometimes with unintelligible and bizarre captions.
—Taijuan Moorman, USA Today, 3 Nov. 2025
The captions made the experience even more surreal.
—Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 18 Oct. 2025
After a shake-up in the leadership of her controversial conservatorship, fans began to grow concerned for the musician who virtually disappeared from public life, but started frequently posting dancing videos to her Instagram, often with wild, semi-coherent captions.
—Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Oct. 2025
Keep your language simple, avoid jargon and use captions, ASL interpreters and visual aids.
—Elle Chan, Rolling Stone, 2 Oct. 2025
Even on non-Copilot+ PCs, Windows 11 can display live captions for any spoken audio from any source on the screen.
—PC Magazine, 22 Sep. 2025
Microsoft has also taken steps beyond software, with tablets featuring trackpads that recognize input from various appendages—not just fingertips—while also incorporating voice input, live captions, and other inclusive features.
—Aslesha Mehta, Fortune, 22 Sep. 2025
Though the new glasses include just a small digital display in their right lens, that screen enables unique visual functions, like reading messages, seeing photo previews and reading live captions while having a conversation with someone.
—Jonathan Vanian, CNBC, 20 Sep. 2025
Treat those first clips like real assignments and deliver them complete with captions and calls to action.
—Renae Gregoire, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for captions
Noun
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The collection generally moves from originals (in Danish) by Olsen to Jensen’s translations/corruptions in English, and then to her back-and-forths with the other collaborators.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Nov. 2025
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However well-intentioned at the time, those sentences and their translations were presented from a perspective outside the Gullah Geechee community rather than from within it.—
Adrian Miller,
Southern Living,
28 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Those past titles didn’t come amid this new era of unlimited transfers and name, image and likeness money, which have flattened the top of the sport.—
Chris Vannini,
New York Times,
30 Oct. 2025
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Tubi’s digital creator library is nearing 10,000 titles, with the platform frequently pointing to its mission to champion new voices and expand access to Hollywood for emerging talent.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
30 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Lina sniffs, stamps her feet in the snow to make her own set of giant prints to frighten this creature.—
Hazlitt,
Hazlitt,
8 Oct. 2025
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In the middle of 25th St, a man opens a red stanchion and ushers us toward a guard who stamps invisible ink on our wrists.—
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
24 Sep. 2025
Noun
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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
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The Ocean Exploration Trust maintains a livestream of the expedition, including the depths and headings of the ROV Little Hercules and ROV (Towsled) Atalanta.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
13 Oct. 2025
Verb
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While Sora labels their videos with watermarks, these can be removed or overlooked once the Sora videos spread to other social media platforms, according to Torney.—
Wendy Wisner,
Parents,
30 Oct. 2025
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The fragmentation of this reality has made things exciting, confusing, and frustrating for the average individual who, when walking into a dispensary for the first time, is confronted with a wall of packages and detailed, jargony labels.—
Carly Fisher,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
29 Oct. 2025
Noun
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An additional 14% of respondents said that these legends don’t bother them at all, no matter the price of the house.—
Sophia Beams,
Better Homes & Gardens,
29 Oct. 2025
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All the history and legends became real hearing his asides and details.—
Alex Ross,
PEOPLE,
29 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Lo and behold, the headlines kept supporting it up until literally today.—
Josh Wigler,
HollywoodReporter,
28 Oct. 2025
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Made by History takes readers beyond the headlines with articles written and edited by professional historians.—
Time,
Time,
28 Oct. 2025
Verb
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William Contreras #24 of the Milwaukee Brewers tags out Shohei Ohtani #17 of the Los Angeles Dodgers at home plate during the sixth inning at American Family Field on July 08, 2025 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.—
Ben Verbrugge,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 Oct. 2025
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Behind the scenes, Billo tags your videos, tracks what elements perform best—things like hooks, calls to action, and formats—and shares that info with brands.—
Renae Gregoire,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Captions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/captions. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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