closed-captioned

1. 1.

   broadcast with captions that are seen only on receivers having special equipment; can be provided for hard-of-hearing viewers

   television

Questions about closed-captioned

What does closed-captioned mean?

closed-captioned means "broadcast with captions that are seen only on receivers having special equipment; can be provided for hard-of-hearing viewers".

How many syllables are in closed-captioned?

closed-captioned has 5 syllables and divides as clo-sed--cap-tio-ned under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is closed-captioned a common word?

closed-captioned is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.