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How to use caption in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun, verb

Caption means the descriptive heading or title, of a document or part thereof. Example: “Only once the drawing is done will the letterer caption it.”

Examples of caption by meaning

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

  • Some of the photographs are new and interesting, but many captions are amateurish, uninformative or simply careless.1964 September, “New Books: The History of Railways. By Erwin Berghaus. Barrie & Rockcliff. 35s.”, in Modern Railways, page 222

verbTo add captions to a text or illustration.

  • Only once the drawing is done will the letterer caption it.

More sentences with caption

  • It's important for TV shows to provide closed captioning for the deaf.From the entry deaf
  • This meme generator lets you make your own memes by adding a caption to existing images, or by uploading your own image.From the entry meme
  • Like many dwerking videos, this original video has an unserious tone, given away by its POV caption.2025 July 8, Know Your Meme. From the entry pov
  • In the caption, Felt noted that the break is “totally worth it” if you have the money.2024 December 31, Brooke Kato, “What is ‘microretirement’? Gen Z and millennials spawn new career trend to help with woes”, in New York Post. From the entry nine to five
  • A second input stream, like closed captions, gives neurodivergents at work a better understanding of the context.2024 March 1, Shobhana, “7 ways for neurodivergents to succeed in customer support”, in Hiver, archived from the original on 06 Jun 2024. From the entry neurodivergent
  • He captioned his post as "Indian food is the best on Earth.2024, “Viral: Australian woman sparks outrage with her controversial comment ‘Dirt Spices’ on Indian food”, in Times of India. From the entry fight me
  • You'll see it mostly on the ‘gram with a few '💪💪💪' in the captions.2023 June 5, Rebecca Gillam, “18 celebs who swear by weight training, from Adele to Millie Mackintosh & Frankie Bridge”, in Women's Health. From the entry on the reggo
  • "I have mommy milkers," she wrote in the caption, using a slang term for large breasts.2023 January 17, H. J. Hayes, quoting Megan Nutt, “I have big boobs – people complain they're too 'obvious' but I can't help having 'mommy…. From the entry mommy milker
  • "When your brother is ur most compatible on Hinge," reads the caption over her video.2022 July 22, Sameen Chaudhry, “Hinge Told A TikToker She's 'Most Compatible' With Her Brother & They Had The Best Reactions”, in Narcity…. From the entry I can't
  • She made sure to give fans all the details about her beat in the caption.2018, Leah Prinzivalli, “Kylie Jenner Shared a Sneak Peek of Her New Kylie Cosmetics Blush on Instagram”, in Allure. From the entry beat
  • Up it goes to Instagram with the caption “I can’t brie-leave how good this is!!!”.2017 December 15, Ruby Lott-Lavigna, “I Spent a Day Eating at the Most Instagrammable Restaurants of 2017”, in VICE. From the entry brie
  • To the farthest left, numbered "I" in Lamiral's caption, is the black female slave.2016, Lisa Ze Winters, The Mulatta Concubine, page 127. From the entry signare
  • The New Breed of Internet Geek, proclaims a caption, Rockstar Webpreneur.2014, The Creator of Rich Kids of Instagram, Maya Sloan, “Prologue”, in Rich Kids of Instagram, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 2. From the entry webpreneur
  • You want to make the caption visible when the visitor mouses over the image.2012 December 27, David McFarland, CSS3: The Missing Manual, "O'Reilly Media, Inc.", →ISBN, page 500. From the entry mouse over
  • Pictures of young lovers creeping up the slope arm-in-arm were published with syrupy thanatopic captions.2003, Peter B. High, Professor David Bordwell, Vance Kepley, The Imperial Screen, page 29. From the entry thanatopic
  • The caption, of a Tarzan cruelly ravaged by time, is 'But even the beautiful can age.'1993 November 28, “You never forget a good nanny”, in The Guardian, Manchester. From the entry Tarzan
  • Choose from a dozen caption typestyles to give your messages variety.1987, InCider, volume 5, page 134. From the entry typestyle
  • “All that for BAH,” she wrote in the caption, referring to the housing allowance given to service people.2026 April 4, Alaina Demopoulos, “#MilitaryTok reactions to Iran war stray from White House messaging: ‘Now I’m regretting everything’”…. From the entry bah
  • GOTCHU AGAIN SUCKAS AAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHA' she captioned the clip.2023 February 1, Sonia Horon, “Lizzo unveils her very glamorous wax figure at Madame Tussauds in Las Vegas with a cheeky joke: 'Now I know…. From the entry gotchu
  • Tb to my friend sending me a pic of their skinny waist and thigh gap w the caption "i'm huge"2022 October 25, “Hot take: it's wrong to constantly call yourself fat in front of your friends and 99% of the time your reasons for doing…. From the entry tb
  • Often, Parker’s videos consist of her brandishing a book while a caption runs on screen and a soundtrack plays over it.2022 January 31, Anita Singh, “TikTok's curious combination of 'blue hair and tears' is sending book sales through the roof”, in The…. From the entry no because
  • The video was shared with the caption: 'That moment when everyone at Greek life dayger starts cheering for the neighbor's baby.'2022 August 22, Kelsi Karruli, “'Baby's first frat party!' Hilarious video shows Greek life brothers at an all-day 'rager' going WILD for…. From the entry dayger
  • "A big Ahia Scottie welcome!" Kryz wrote in the caption.2022 May 28, MGP, GMA News, “Kryz Uy and Slater Young's firstborn Scottie meets baby brother”, in GMA News Online. From the entry shoti
  • 'While daddy works mommy plays for dayyys in Praha,' the 13-time Grammy nominee captioned her post on Friday.2021 July 10, Deirdre Simonds, Rebecca Lawrence, “Katy Perry documents her and fiance Orlando Bloom's fun-filled adventures in Prague as…. From the entry Praha
  • “I have been wanting this and working towards this for so many years,” Neilly wrote in the caption.2021 March 17, Oscar Holland, “Elliot Page becomes first trans man to appear on Time magazine cover”, in CNN, archived from the original…. From the entry Elliot
  • Derek Shepherd for 11 seasons, Insta-ed a close-up of his masked face, captioning it with one of his catchphrases.2020 July 23, Jelisa Castrodale, “‘Grey’s Anatomy’ Gears Up for Pandemic Storyline in Upcoming 60,000th Season”, in Vice. From the entry Insta
  • And despite a million followers on Instagram, her page is surprisingly bereft of stereotypical captions or sponcon (sponsored content).2020 June 16, Sarah Manavis, “The queen of quarantine: How Grace Beverley built an at-home fitness empire”, in New Statesman. From the entry sponcon
  • Fully outgrown this,” she wrote in her caption.2020 June 23, Lauren Mechling, “Goodbye, Pedicures. Hello, Peels.”, in The New York Times. From the entry despo
  • Eilish talks like an Instagram caption come to life — everything is "fire" or "trash," bro, and she is always "deadass."2019 March 28, Joe Coscarelli, “Billie Eilish Is Not Your Typical 17-Year-Old Pop Star. Get Used to Her.”, in The New York Times, New…. From the entry deadass
  • Connor Kilpatrick, 17, posted the photo with the caption “stolo on the lolo,” according to a probable-cause affidavit made public Tuesday.2017 January 10, John Pacenti, “NEW: Knives, drugs, social-media grudge lead to Boca teens’ arrest”, in The Palm Beach Post, archived from…. From the entry stolo
  • But its in-house translators have raced to append Chinese subtitles, finishing Chinese captions for two new episodes a day since then.2014 February 18, William Wun, “‘House of Cards’ finds avid audience in China”, in The Washington Post. From the entry binge-watcher
  • (CAPTION) Out of the mouths of babes, love is explained.2010 Feb. 12, "First Graders' Valentines" (news video), Time (retrieved 8 Sept 2013). From the entry out of the mouths of babes
  • A picture caption on Feb. 2 with an article about hiking in Hong Kong misstated the location of the trail shown.2003 February 16, “Corrections”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 02 Sep 2023. From the entry Mount Parker
  • The caption had read, ‘Un enfant de neige’.2001, Uzma Aslam Khan, The Story of Noble Rot, Penguin Books, →ISBN, page 112. From the entry snowchild
  • If a user clicks on the yes button, a new message box appears on screen, captioned "System Properties" and subcaptioned "Performance."1998, West's Federal Supplement, volume 995, page 737. From the entry subcaption
  • The Japanese caption at the top right of the first image reads, "When I was texting with my husband in pseudo-Chinese using only kanji".2023 July 20, Victor Mair, “Pseudo-Chinese conversation of a Japanese couple”, in Language Log (blog), archived from the original on 05…. From the entry pseudo-Chinese
  • The caption on the video posted nearly two years ago reads: “The military exercise (happens every year) recorded by the residents in Matsu, Taiwan.2022 August 1, “No, this video does not show a Chinese military threat to Taiwan ahead of Pelosi’s visit”, in France 24, archived from the…. From the entry Nangan
  • She shared a particularly adorable video captioned, “all the kisses. happy fall.”, that shows Myron wriggling around on the couch during an after-walkie snuggling session.2018 September 24, Samantha Wilson, “Ariana Grande Posts Adorable Video With Mac Miller’s Dog Myron - Taking Care Of Him After Ex’s…. From the entry walkie

Meaning of caption

  1. noun The descriptive heading or title, of a document or part thereof.
  2. noun A title or brief explanation attached to an illustration, cartoon, user interface element, etc.
  3. noun 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.

Full definition of caption

Questions about caption in a sentence

How do you use caption in a sentence?
Caption is used as a noun and verb. For example: “Only once the drawing is done will the letterer caption it.”
What is a short sentence with caption?
“Fully outgrown this,” she wrote in her caption.”
What does caption mean?
Caption means the descriptive heading or title, of a document or part thereof.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: caption (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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