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say it: KAP-shuhn
caption is a noun and verb meaning "taking exception; especially a quibble based on a captious argument". It carries 4 recorded senses.
taking exception; especially a quibble based on a captious argument
“a mere caption unworthy of a reply”
translation of foreign dialogue of a movie or TV program; usually displayed at the bottom of the screen
brief description accompanying an illustration
provide with a caption, as of a photograph or a drawing
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for caption come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.