Definition of captioning Captioning

/kæˈpʃʌnɪŋ/ - [katpshuning] -

We found 3 definitions of captioning from 2 different sources.

What does captioning mean?

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Noun Plural: captions
caption - brief description accompanying an illustration
		legend
		title an established or recognized right; "a strong legal claim to the property"; "he had no documents confirming his title to his father's estate"; "he staked his claim"
		illustration a visual representation (a picture or diagram) that is used make some subject more pleasing or easier to understand
caption - taking exception; especially a quibble based on a captious argument; "a mere caption unworthy of a reply"
		exception a deliberate act of omission; "with the exception of the children, everyone was told the news"
caption - translation of foreign dialogue of a movie or TV program; usually displayed at the bottom of the screen
		subtitle
		interlingual rendition, version, rendering, translation manual turning of a fetus in the uterus (usually to aid delivery)
		picture show, moving picture, moving-picture show, movie, motion picture, motion-picture show, pic, flick, film, picture a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement; "they went to a movie every Saturday night"; "the film was shot on location"
Verb captions, captioning, captioned
caption - provide with a caption, as of a photograph or a drawing
		furnish, supply, provide, render provide or equip with furniture; "We furnished the house in the Biedermeyer style"

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caption (Noun)
The descriptive heading or title of a document or part therof.
caption (Noun)
A title or brief explanation attached to an illustration or cartoon.
caption (Noun)
A piece of text appearing on screen as subtitle or other part of a film or broadcast.
caption (Noun)
The section on an official paper that describes when, where, what was taken, found or executed, and by whom it was authorized.
caption (Noun)
A seizure or capture, especially of tangible property chattel.
caption (Verb)
To add captions to a text or illustration.
caption (Verb)
To add captions to a film or broadcast.

caption (n.)
A caviling; a sophism.
caption (n.)
The act of taking or arresting a person by judicial process.
caption (n.)
That part of a legal instrument, as a commission, indictment, etc., which shows where, when, and by what authority, it was taken, found, or executed.
caption (n.)
The heading of a chapter, section, or page.

caption
kap′shun, n. the act of taking: an arrest: (Eng. law) the formal title of indictments and depositions which shows the authority under which it is executed or taken: in Scotland, prior to 1837, the name given to the formal warrant to apprehend a debtor or other defaulting obligant, which was given in the Bill Chamber after letters of horning had been executed.—adj. Cap′tious, ready to catch at faults or take offence: critical: peevish.—adv. Cap′tiously.—n. Cap′tiousness. [L. captionem—capĕre, to take.]