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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
Ashley Hume, Fox News, 8 Feb. 2025
Pouring salt in the wound, 50’s caption also implied that the upcoming fourth season of BMF will be its last.
—Jessica Bennett, VIBE.com, 6 Feb. 2025
Sam Reed, Glamour, 21 Jan. 2025
Shields captioned her Instagram post. Kelce's mom typically sits in the NFL star's suite along with Swift and the pop star's family.
—Lauryn Overhultz, Fox News, 19 Jan. 2025
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Noun
In the caption of her post, Romano went into further detail about Friday's harrowing incident.
—Ashley Hume, Fox News, 8 Feb. 2025
Pouring salt in the wound, 50’s caption also implied that the upcoming fourth season of BMF will be its last.
—Jessica Bennett, VIBE.com, 6 Feb. 2025
Verb
Andrew Harnik/Getty Images Ivanka Trump didn't comment on the decision to reference Sabrina, instead captioning photos of herself in the gown with black and white heart emoji.
—Sam Reed, Glamour, 21 Jan. 2025
Shields captioned her Instagram post. Kelce's mom typically sits in the NFL star's suite along with Swift and the pop star's family.
—Lauryn Overhultz, Fox News, 19 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for caption
Noun
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For example, in Australia, translations, editing and postproduction were happening around the clock.—
Brendan Bellomo,
The Hollywood Reporter,
7 Feb. 2025
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Variety, in the outlet’s Thursday coverage, sought individual translation of the Spanish-language tweets that have put Gascón under fire.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
31 Jan. 2025
Noun
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What are the chances that someone who isn’t in the running for the Cup Series title (like Truex) will snag a win at Daytona this weekend?—
Jeff Gluck,
The Athletic,
14 Feb. 2025
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So to already be in that space with titles like that is pretty incredible.—
Jason Pham,
StyleCaster,
14 Feb. 2025
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Kevon Looney matched his regular season career-high with 18 points and Gary Payton II (15 points, nine rebounds) stamped the game with a vicious slam dunk with under a minute left.—
Danny Emerman,
The Mercury News,
30 Jan. 2025
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Servers glide around with champagne on silver trays, hors d’oeuvres are stamped with the omnipresent B and dancers in golden bodysuits undulate with glowing orange orbs in homage to bitcoin’s signature hue.—
Nina Bambysheva,
Forbes,
30 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Launched in 2021 as an online-exclusive, these photography-centric cards use some of the finest and most distinctive images of the NBA’s top rookies, stars, and legends.—
Tyler Holzhammer,
The Athletic,
16 Feb. 2025
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Later, Curry and other celebrities opened the new Bill Russell Gymnasium, named after the Boston Celtics legend and the most famous graduate of McClymonds High School.—
Jose Carlos Fajardo,
The Mercury News,
15 Feb. 2025
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Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading: Warner Music Group — The entertainment stock popped around 3.4% following an upgrade at Citi to buy from neutral.—
Hakyung Kim,
CNBC,
14 Feb. 2025
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This week, several powerful stories made headlines, sparking important discussions about justice, inequality and personal sacrifice.—
Essence,
Essence,
14 Feb. 2025
Verb
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The longtime friends were seemingly joined by Najimy's husband Dan Finnerty, who was tagged in the photo but did not appear in it.—
Charna Flam,
People.com,
8 Feb. 2025
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Marine biologists tagged nearly 400 sharks, mostly great white or tiger sharks, as of late 2024, Fox 13 reported.—
Alexandra Koch,
Fox News,
8 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Hosting Wake Forest this weekend presents a similar battle with another cutline rival, and a tricky trip to Notre Dame awaits next Wednesday.—
Jim Root,
The Athletic,
13 Feb. 2025
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The loss ensures the Red Sox will remain at least 3.5 games below the playoff cutline entering Sunday.—
Mac Cerullo,
Boston Herald,
31 Aug. 2024
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Inside the advanced portion of the BIOS is a standard configuration with major headings across the top, including Favorites (customizable by the user), Tweaker, Settings, System Info, and Boot.—
Joe Shields,
PCMAG,
8 Feb. 2025
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While his wallet may be a touch lighter heading into Super Bowl week, Kelce is revealing more about his game day mindset when his team takes on Jason Kelce’s former squad, the Philadelphia Eagles, on Sunday, Feb. 9.—
Anna Lazarus Caplan,
People.com,
3 Feb. 2025
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“Caption.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/caption. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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