caption
/ˈkæp.ʃən/ noun B2- The descriptive heading or title, of a document or part thereof.
- A title or brief explanation attached to an illustration, cartoon, user interface element, etc.
- A piece of text appearing on screen as a subtitle or other part of a film or broadcast, describing dialogue (and sometimes other sound) for viewers who cannot hear. · (theater, performance production) By analogy, text in a similar system used in a performance venue for transcription of a live event.
- The section on an official paper (for example, as part of a seizure or capture) that describes when, where, and what was taken, found or executed, and who authorized the act.
- A story that is embedded in a pre-existing image (sometimes with image manipulation)
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The accompanying caption officially identified Clara Vance as one of the very first certified female commercial pilots in western Canada.
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