… confirm that photographs are correctly captioned and pages numbered sequentially.Publishers Weekly
… the captions and pictures are frequently out of sync, and the live local weather and sports segments are usually not captioned. Melvia M. and Ronald E. Nomeland
Noun The caption on the picture says “This year's contest winners.” for the school yearbook, funny captions were written for snapshots showing a typical day at school
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For her 25th birthday last year, the star shared a sweet behind-the-scenes pic from the couple's time filming Spider-Man together, signing off in the caption with three kisses. Quinci Legardye, Harper's BAZAAR, 3 Sep. 2022 Iman in her caption congratulated Reed on both looks, and took a moment to survey her impact on the 23-year-old rapper’s instantly iconic red-carpet moment. Stephen Daw, Billboard, 30 Aug. 2022 Contrary to the Facebook post's caption, however, Grimstad made no mention of performing hysterectomies on young girls in the video. Hannah Hudnall, USA TODAY, 23 Aug. 2022 On Monday, Rousey posted a series of photos from her match against Morgan to Instagram and called out the WWE within the post's caption. Tommy Mcardle, Peoplemag, 3 Aug. 2022 On Friday, the Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (PSPCA) posted photos of Arthur on Instagram and shared the dog's story in the post's caption. Tommy Mcardle, PEOPLE.com, 1 Aug. 2022 In the caption, the reality star also spoke about his sobriety and thanked Hubbard for her support. Jamie Ballard, Peoplemag, 29 Aug. 2022 TikTok videos with #mentalhealth in the caption have earned more than 43.9 billion views, according to the analytics company Sprout Social, and mentions of mental health on social media are increasing year by year. Tatum Hunter, Washington Post, 29 Aug. 2022 In the caption, complete with seven long-tear emojis, the singer revealed that the flowers were sent as a gift from Styles. Ana Escalante, Glamour, 28 Aug. 2022
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Hawkins nickname was The Hawk, and Kardashian posted a bird emoji to caption the pics in honor of the late drummer. Aimée Lutkin, ELLE, 5 Sep. 2022 With its Instagram-like interface, through which people can upload and caption photos, follow and message one another and discover curated items, Depop turned into a go-to fashion marketplace among teenage and 20-something shoppers.New York Times, 25 July 2022 Williams taught me that music could caption action, lend subtext to silence, illuminate characters anew and supply entire universes with a spectrum of invisible colors. Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post, 17 June 2022 Find the perfect quote and write the words in a thoughtful card, or use the message to caption a photo of you and Dad on Instagram. Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day, 9 June 2022 TikTokers can directly respond to comments with new videos, curate and follow content via hashtags and sounds, stitch videos together with other content, caption them for context, and use a green screen effect – just like a real news studio. Jenna Drenten, The Conversation, 27 Jan. 2022 Even if users want to caption their videos, TikTok’s app doesn’t have a way to automatically recognize voice patterns and automate text to use.Washington Post, 15 Mar. 2021 About a third of users have facial recognition features turned on in their Facebook settings, which is used to alert them of new photos, to root out photos stolen by fake accounts, and to help caption photos for blind users. Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 4 Nov. 2021 Though West did not caption the series of photos, many in the comments section of the post sent along well wishes to the musician's little guy. Nicholas Rice, PEOPLE.com, 25 Sep. 2021 See More
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Etymology
Noun and Verb
probably short for certificate of caption (taking, seizure)