caption
noun /ˈkæpʃn/
/ˈkæpʃn/
- words that are printed below a picture, cartoon, etc. that explain or describe it see also closed-captionedTopics Literature and writingb2Oxford Collocations DictionaryCaption is used after these nouns:
- photo
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘seizing, capture’): from Latin captio(n-), from capere ‘take, seize’. Early senses ‘arrest’ and ‘warrant for arrest’ gave rise to ‘statement of where, when, and by whose authority a warrant was issued’ (late 17th cent.): this was usually attached to a legal document, hence the sense ‘heading or accompanying wording’ (late 18th cent.).