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1. The descriptive heading or title, of a document or part thereof.

   Überschrift, Kopf, Einleitungsformel

   заголо́вокzagolóvok, загла́виеzaglávije, ру́брикаrúbrika

2. A title or brief explanation attached to an illustration, cartoon, user interface element, etc.

   Titel, Legende, Beschriftung

   на́дписьnádpisʹ, по́дписьpódpisʹ

   brief description accompanying an illustration

3. A piece of text appearing on screen as a subtitle or other part of a film or broadcast, describing dialogue (and sometimes other sound) for viewers who cannot hear.

   (theater, performance production) By analogy, text in a similar system used in a performance venue for transcription of a live event.

   Untertitel, Filmuntertitel, Bildtext

   заста́вкаzastávka, на́дписьnádpisʹ

4. The section on an official paper (for example, as part of a seizure or capture) that describes when, where, and what was taken, found or executed, and who authorized the act.

   Rubrum

   сопроводи́тельная бума́гаsoprovodítelʹnaja bumága

5. (Internet)A story that is embedded in a pre-existing image (sometimes with image manipulation)

6. (obsolete)A seizure or capture, especially of tangible property (chattel).

   1919 Thomas Welburn Hughes. A treatise on criminal law and procedure. The Bobbs-Merril Co., Indianapolis, IN, USA. Sec. 557 (p. 378). The caption and asportation must be felonious.

1. Put a caption on this photo.

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2. Why do people who aren't hard of hearing use closed captions?

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3. Many people watch videos with closed captions for reasons other than hearing loss.

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4. Some signs have a symbol and a separate caption.

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5. Generate a concise and descriptive caption for this image.

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