Caption

How it is used

Captions are written by reporters, photographers or sub-editors and must be checked as carefully as the story: names left to right, place and date. On social media, caption also means the text posted with a picture or video.

Example sentences

1. The caption named the wrong player, so we fixed it within minutes.

2. Write a caption that says who is in the picture, from left to right.

Common collocations

• photo caption
• write a caption
• the caption reads
• wrong caption

Related terms

• headlineThe title printed above a news story in large letters, or written at the top of an online article, that tells readers quickly what the story is about.
• standfirstA short introductory sentence or paragraph between a headline and the article, usually in bold or larger type, that summarises the story.
• front pageThe first page of a newspaper, where the most important stories and pictures of the day appear; also the home page of a news website.
• footageRecorded film or video of an event, used in news reports, documentaries or programmes.

This word in other fields

The same English word can have a different meaning in another field:

• caption · Social Media & Content Creation

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