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Noun caption has 3 senses

caption - taking exception; especially an quibble based on a captious argument; "a mere caption unworthy of a reply"
--₁ is a kind of exception
subtitle, caption - translation of foreign dialogue of a movie or TV program; usually displayed at the bottom of the screen
--₂ is a kind of translation, interlingual rendition, rendering, version
--₂ is a part of
movie, film, picture, moving picture, moving-picture show, motion picture, motion-picture show, picture show, pic, flick

Derived form: verb caption₁
caption, legend - brief description accompanying an illustration
--₃ is a kind of title
--₃ is a part of illustration
Derived form: verb caption₁

Verb caption has 1 sense

caption - provide with a caption, as of a photograph or a drawing
--₁ is one way to supply, provide, render, furnish

Derived forms: noun caption₂, noun caption₃
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something