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captioner

captioner noun: one who, or that which, adds captions.

Noun

captioner (plural captioners)

  1. One who, or that which, adds captions.
    • Some captioners will raise or lower the captions in the center by one row to add one more subtle differentiation, but this is uncommon.2004, Gary D. Robson, The Closed Captioning Handbook, Elsevier, page 177
    • In the broadcast setting, real-time captioners do not have to produce transcripts, which eliminates the long hours that go along with that aspect of reporting.2007, Ferguson's Careers in Focus: Broadcasting, 3rd edition, Ferguson (imprint), Infobase Publishing, page 123

Forms of captioner

pluralcaptioners

Origin of captioner

From caption + -er.

Questions about captioner

What does captioner mean?
Captioner means one who, or that which, adds captions.
What part of speech is captioner?
Captioner is a noun.
What is the plural of captioner?
The plural of captioner is captioners.

Words near captioner in the dictionary

  1. capting
  2. captings
  3. caption
  4. captionable
  5. captioned
  6. captioner
  7. captioners
  8. captioning
  9. captionings
  10. captionless
  11. captionlessness

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