Caption
noun
A title or brief explanation under a picture or an image.
The caption under the picture said, 'A sunset in Paris'.
Often appears as...
- write a caption
- read the caption
verb
To provide a picture or an image with a title or an explanation.
Can you caption this picture to explain what's happening?
Often appears as...
- caption a photo
- caption an illustration
noun
The title or mini-heading for a section of a text.
Under the caption 'Economic Developments' was a detailed analysis of the country's growth rate.
Often appears as...
- under the caption
- provide a caption
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
noun
A title or brief explanation under a picture or an image.
The caption under the picture said, 'A sunset in Paris'.
Often appears as...
- write a caption
- read the caption
verb
To provide a picture or an image with a title or an explanation.
Can you caption this picture to explain what's happening?
Often appears as...
- caption a photo
- caption an illustration
noun
The title or mini-heading for a section of a text.
Under the caption 'Economic Developments' was a detailed analysis of the country's growth rate.
Often appears as...
- under the caption
- provide a caption
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Concise Clarity
Captions should be brief but descriptive enough to understand the image context without ambiguity.
Caption: 'A serene lakeside view at dawn.'
Pro Tip 2/3Enhance Understanding
Use captions to provide additional information that the image alone cannot convey.
Caption: 'Hikers at the summit, celebrating a 3,000-meter ascent.'
Pro Tip 3/3Language Play
Captions can include wordplay or humor, depending on the context and desired effect.
Caption: 'The cat's out of the bag – and into the box.'
Pro Tip 1/3Concise Clarity
Captions should be brief but descriptive enough to understand the image context without ambiguity.
Caption: 'A serene lakeside view at dawn.'
Pro Tip 2/3Enhance Understanding
Use captions to provide additional information that the image alone cannot convey.
Caption: 'Hikers at the summit, celebrating a 3,000-meter ascent.'
Pro Tip 3/3Language Play
Captions can include wordplay or humor, depending on the context and desired effect.
Caption: 'The cat's out of the bag – and into the box.'
Pro Tip 1/3Concise Clarity
Captions should be brief but descriptive enough to understand the image context without ambiguity.
Caption: 'A serene lakeside view at dawn.'
Pro Tip 2/3Enhance Understanding
Use captions to provide additional information that the image alone cannot convey.
Caption: 'Hikers at the summit, celebrating a 3,000-meter ascent.'
Pro Tip 3/3Language Play
Captions can include wordplay or humor, depending on the context and desired effect.
Caption: 'The cat's out of the bag – and into the box.'
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COVID-19 unraveled the...
one of the groups that we studied and several years ago they were able to move from being an all-volunteer group five hundred thousand large to being able to offer their transcriptionists paid work because companies were coming to them asking them that they could quickly translate and caption video so that's a
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I'm not your inspiration,...
Smiling at a television screen isn't going to make closed captions appear for people who are deaf. No amount of standing in the middle of a bookshop and radiating a positive attitude is going to turn all those books into braille. It's just not going to happen. I really want to live in a world
Video examples
Bob Mankoff: Anatomy of...
they tend to be liberal, less conservative, that type of stuff. But for us, and for me, helping design the humor, it doesn't make any sense to compare one to the other. It's sort of a smorgasbord that's made all interesting. So I want to sum all this up with a caption to a cartoon,
Video examples
Our fight for disability...
when buses were not accessible, when trains were not accessible, where there were no wheelchair-accessible bathrooms in shopping malls, where you certainly did not have a sign language interpreter, or captioning, or braille or other kinds of supports. These things have changed,
Video examples
Why Bittersweet Emotions...
as you walk through the world. You know, you don't necessarily know them. But now I'll go into a grocery store and as the person's ringing up my groceries, I'm thinking, what's her caption? What is it? And it's a completely different way of interacting with people
Video examples
Inside a cartoonist's...
Some may draw directly on a tablet with a stylus. The choices at this stage of creation work in tandem with the idea, and often when the final caption is added, it gets adjusted yet again. But, little is left to chance, except, perhaps, some of the watercolor.
Video examples
A Day in the Life of...
up got the caption and host at this point it's 500 likes per minute something like that there's a lot of activity it's still baffling to me how many people like each of these photos I put out I haven't done any outreach I haven't paid for any advertising it's
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"A Bird Made of Birds" PIPE...
that scientists had hung on a hook from the ceiling, which is how they were able to observe that the heart of a blue whale is big enough that a person can stand up fully inside of it. And when Kaveh shared this photo online, he did so with the caption,
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Greyhound Adoption PIPE...
home but Holly cloak is one of the regular volunteers decides to adopt her and give her a permanent home she absolutely fell in love with that goal my husband said oh we have to do it in a very serendipitous caption and she's not
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Best of South American...
passage in the dry canyons of serra da capivara all the captions are feeling the heat
Video examples
COVID-19 unraveled the...
one of the groups that we studied and several years ago they were able to move from being an all-volunteer group five hundred thousand large to being able to offer their transcriptionists paid work because companies were coming to them asking them that they could quickly translate and caption video so that's a
Video examples
I'm not your inspiration,...
Smiling at a television screen isn't going to make closed captions appear for people who are deaf. No amount of standing in the middle of a bookshop and radiating a positive attitude is going to turn all those books into braille. It's just not going to happen. I really want to live in a world
Video examples
Bob Mankoff: Anatomy of...
they tend to be liberal, less conservative, that type of stuff. But for us, and for me, helping design the humor, it doesn't make any sense to compare one to the other. It's sort of a smorgasbord that's made all interesting. So I want to sum all this up with a caption to a cartoon,
Video examples
Our fight for disability...
when buses were not accessible, when trains were not accessible, where there were no wheelchair-accessible bathrooms in shopping malls, where you certainly did not have a sign language interpreter, or captioning, or braille or other kinds of supports. These things have changed,
Video examples
Why Bittersweet Emotions...
as you walk through the world. You know, you don't necessarily know them. But now I'll go into a grocery store and as the person's ringing up my groceries, I'm thinking, what's her caption? What is it? And it's a completely different way of interacting with people
Video examples
Inside a cartoonist's...
Some may draw directly on a tablet with a stylus. The choices at this stage of creation work in tandem with the idea, and often when the final caption is added, it gets adjusted yet again. But, little is left to chance, except, perhaps, some of the watercolor.
Video examples
A Day in the Life of...
up got the caption and host at this point it's 500 likes per minute something like that there's a lot of activity it's still baffling to me how many people like each of these photos I put out I haven't done any outreach I haven't paid for any advertising it's
Video examples
"A Bird Made of Birds" PIPE...
that scientists had hung on a hook from the ceiling, which is how they were able to observe that the heart of a blue whale is big enough that a person can stand up fully inside of it. And when Kaveh shared this photo online, he did so with the caption,
Video examples
Greyhound Adoption PIPE...
home but Holly cloak is one of the regular volunteers decides to adopt her and give her a permanent home she absolutely fell in love with that goal my husband said oh we have to do it in a very serendipitous caption and she's not
Video examples
Best of South American...
passage in the dry canyons of serra da capivara all the captions are feeling the heat
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Brandon Stanton
American Photographer
I know I have a caption that I'm going to use when somebody tells me something I've never heard before. It's very rarely a thought, a philosophy, when somebody says, 'Oh, I don't like cheese' or 'Oh, I think the government should be overthrown,' because so many people share these thoughts. But what people don't share is stories.
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Tom King
American Author
I've said this before, but I don't like putting captions in my comic books. I feel, for me, they become a crutch, a way to ignore the essential fact that our medium is a visual medium, and the greatest pleasures to be derived from comics are how stories can be told with pictures.
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Emilia Clarke
English Actress
There are no captions on red-carpet photos that say, 'This girl trained for two weeks, she went on a juice diet, she has a professional hair and makeup person, and this dress was made for her.' I just wish they'd say, 'It ain't the truth.
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Joe Clark
Canadian Scientist
Authoring tools' are terrible; there is almost no software that can create closed captions for media players. And of course there is no training. TV captioning is bad enough, and this stuff is generally worse.
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Shaun Tan
Australian Artist
Sometimes I write captions on the in-flight magazines and then replace them in the seat pocket.
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Galen Rowell
American Photographer
Today, I'm very careful not to mention very specific locations when I write or give captions.
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Jonathan Knight
American Musician
My belief is that you live your life by example, and not by a caption on a magazine!
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Anna Wintour
English Editor
I'm horribly hands-on, I'm afraid. I like to read every caption.
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James Thurber
American Author
A drawing is always dragged down to the level of its caption.
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Caroline Calloway
American Celebrity
I wrote the captions that built my brand.
Quote examples
Brandon Stanton
American Photographer
I know I have a caption that I'm going to use when somebody tells me something I've never heard before. It's very rarely a thought, a philosophy, when somebody says, 'Oh, I don't like cheese' or 'Oh, I think the government should be overthrown,' because so many people share these thoughts. But what people don't share is stories.
Quote examples
Tom King
American Author
I've said this before, but I don't like putting captions in my comic books. I feel, for me, they become a crutch, a way to ignore the essential fact that our medium is a visual medium, and the greatest pleasures to be derived from comics are how stories can be told with pictures.
Quote examples
Emilia Clarke
English Actress
There are no captions on red-carpet photos that say, 'This girl trained for two weeks, she went on a juice diet, she has a professional hair and makeup person, and this dress was made for her.' I just wish they'd say, 'It ain't the truth.
Quote examples
Joe Clark
Canadian Scientist
Authoring tools' are terrible; there is almost no software that can create closed captions for media players. And of course there is no training. TV captioning is bad enough, and this stuff is generally worse.
Quote examples
Shaun Tan
Australian Artist
Sometimes I write captions on the in-flight magazines and then replace them in the seat pocket.
Quote examples
Galen Rowell
American Photographer
Today, I'm very careful not to mention very specific locations when I write or give captions.
Quote examples
Jonathan Knight
American Musician
My belief is that you live your life by example, and not by a caption on a magazine!
Quote examples
Anna Wintour
English Editor
I'm horribly hands-on, I'm afraid. I like to read every caption.
Quote examples
James Thurber
American Author
A drawing is always dragged down to the level of its caption.
Quote examples
Caroline Calloway
American Celebrity
I wrote the captions that built my brand.
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