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supercaption

supercaption noun: an on-screen caption identifying the place and people being shown.

Noun

supercaption (plural supercaptions)

  1. An on-screen caption identifying the place and people being shown.
    • A notable difference here is that whereas the BBC uses supercaptions in 15 percent of all items, ITN uses them in 28 percent.2009, Peter Beharrell, Howard Davis, John Eldridge, Bad News, page cxlviii
    • On only five occasions did correspondents or reporters appear in the studio without supercaptions; Jones on News Extra, Wain on First Report and Colebourne from the Midlands and Delahaye from the North, Luton and Blackie.2013, John Eldridge, The Glasgow Media Group Reader, Vol. I, page 272

Forms of supercaption

pluralsupercaptions

Origin of supercaption

From super- + caption.

Questions about supercaption

What does supercaption mean?
Supercaption means an on-screen caption identifying the place and people being shown.
What part of speech is supercaption?
Supercaption is a noun.
What is the plural of supercaption?
The plural of supercaption is supercaptions.

Words near supercaption in the dictionary

  1. supercapitalism
  2. supercapitalist
  3. supercapitalists
  4. supercapsid
  5. supercapsids
  6. supercaption
  7. supercaptions
  8. supercar
  9. supercarbonate
  10. supercarbonates
  11. supercarbureted

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