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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
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
Urban and Kidman never shied away from a red carpet kiss or glimpse into their happy union on social media, celebrating many anniversaries and birthdays with captions celebrating their happiness.
—Brendan Le, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 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
In the footage, a series of on-screen captions narrated the experience from the pup's perspective.
—Maria Morava, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 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
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
Urban and Kidman never shied away from a red carpet kiss or glimpse into their happy union on social media, celebrating many anniversaries and birthdays with captions celebrating their happiness.
—Brendan Le, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 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
In the footage, a series of on-screen captions narrated the experience from the pup's perspective.
—Maria Morava, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 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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Before visiting, guests can download the KSC SmartGuide app, which also features video content with American Sign Language (ASL) translations.—
Mariette Williams,
USA Today,
10 Oct. 2025
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Her translations from Polish have appeared in PMLA and The Paris Review.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Oct. 2025
Noun
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While other people were asking about promotions, titles, and raises, Burns was taking on the problems nobody else wanted to solve.—
Kimberly Wilson,
Essence,
9 Oct. 2025
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Thanks to a robust loadout of cutting-edge silicon, including an Nvidia 50-series graphics card and speedy 24-core Intel processor, the laptop delivers desktop-grade performance on all of today's top titles.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
9 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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Google’s Search Central guidance and WCAG principles both emphasize making content easy to crawl and understand, using clear headings, logical site structures, descriptive alt text and meaningful link text.—
Ran Ronen,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 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
Verb
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Peterson hosts a regular show on BBC Radio 6 Music, founded the influential Acid Jazz and Brownswood Recordings labels, and in recent years began the We Out Here festival in Dorset, England.—
Thomas Smith,
Billboard,
24 Sep. 2025
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And the startup not only attracts speculators directly on its website and mobile app, but also white labels its markets to brokers like Robinhood and Webull, adding liquidity and scale.—
Alicia Park,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Even long-standing legends say Cleopatra famously bathed in milk water to soften her skin into more of a baby’s face.—
Alexa Mikhail,
Flow Space,
8 Oct. 2025
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By the time the ball clanked off the left-field foul pole and crashed back to earth, Ruth, Gehrig, Mantle, DiMaggio, Berra and the other legends had done their jobs for this franchise once again.—
Chris Kirschner,
New York Times,
8 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Their romance made headlines because Robach was married to actor Andrew Shue at the time, while Holmes was married to attorney Marilee Fiebig.—
Erin Clack,
PEOPLE,
14 Oct. 2025
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Made by History takes readers beyond the headlines with articles written and edited by professional historians.—
Time,
Time,
14 Oct. 2025
Verb
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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
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Austin Wells #28 of the New York Yankees tags out Bo Bichette #11 of the Toronto Blue Jays at home plate during the game against the Toronto Blue Jays at Yankee Stadium on September 6, 2025 in New York, New York.—
Aaliyan Mohammed,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Sep. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Captions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/captions. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.
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