1. Taking exception; especially a quibble based on a captious argument
   "a mere caption unworthy of a reply"
    
2. Translation of foreign dialogue of a movie or TV program; usually displayed at the bottom of the screen
   "The captions helped viewers understand the French dialogue";
   - subtitle
    
3. Brief description accompanying an illustration
   "The caption under the photograph explained the historical context";
   - legend
    
4. (Law) a heading on an official document giving information about it
   "The caption of the legal document included the case number"

1. Provide with a caption, as of a photograph or a drawing
   "The editor captioned all the images in the article"

Derived forms: captioned, captioning, captions

See also: closed-captioned

Type of: exception, furnish, interlingual rendition, offer, provide, render, rendering, supply, title, translation, version

Part of: film, flick [informal], illustration, motion picture, motion-picture show, movie, moving picture, moving-picture show, pic [informal], picture, picture show

Encyclopedia: Caption