Meaning

1 senses
  1. Text which can be displayed on a television or other video screen with suitable equipment, usually a transcription or description of audio material.

    geschlossener Untertitel, optional zuschaltbarer Untertitel

    скрытые субтитрыskrytyje subtitry

Translations

4 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
text displayed on a screen with suitable equipment:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
text displayed on a screen with suitable equipment:

Origin

"Closed" originally indicated that such captions were by default not visible until activat

"Closed" originally indicated that such captions were by default not visible until activated (opened) by the viewer turning them on, in contrast to open captions which are embedded in the video itself, visible to all.

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Forms

plural: closed captions
Singularclosed caption
Pluralclosed captions

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms

Word family

1 related words

See also

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