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closed caption

closed caption noun: text which can be displayed on a television or other video screen with suitable equipment, usually a transcription or description of audio material.

Noun

closed caption (plural closed captions)

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

Forms of closed caption

pluralclosed captions

Origin of closed caption

"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.

Questions about closed caption

What does closed caption mean?
Closed caption means text which can be displayed on a television or other video screen with suitable equipment, usually a transcription or description of audio material.
What part of speech is closed caption?
Closed caption is a noun.
What is the plural of closed caption?
The plural of closed caption is closed captions.

Words near closed caption in the dictionary

  1. closed betas
  2. closed book
  3. closed books
  4. closed campus
  5. closed campuses
  6. closed caption
  7. closed captioning
  8. closed captions
  9. closed casket
  10. closed circuit
  11. closed circuits

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Adapted from Wiktionary: closed caption (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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