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Definitions: Caption |
CaptionNoun1. Translation of foreign dialogue of a movie or TV program; usually displayed at the bottom of the screen. 2. Brief description accompanying an illustration. Verb1. Provide with a caption, as of a photograph or a drawing. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "caption" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1838. (references) |
Etymology: Caption \Cap"tion\, noun. [Latin expression captio, from caper to take. In senses and, perhaps confounded in meaning with Latin caput head. See Capacious.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Publishing & Graphic Arts | The explanatory comment or designation accompanying a pictorial illustration, usually as an underline or overline. Source: European Union. (references) |
Finance | Instrument combining features of caps and options whereby the buyer acquires the right(but not the obligation)to make a cap within a specific period of time at a rate previously agreed. Source: European Union. (references) |
Public Administration | A name, letter, or number under which records are filed. Source: European Union. (references) |
Publishing & Graphic Arts | Text accompanying an illustration explaining the subject represented. Source: European Union. (references) |
| The words, phrases or sentence heading a chapter of a document or another single part of a document as an article, etc. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: CaptionSynonyms: legend (n), subtitle (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Beginning | Caption, fatihah. |
Nomenclature | Name; appelation, appelative; designation, title; heading, rubric; caption; denomination; by-name, epithet. |
Taking | Noun: taking; Verb: reception; (taking in); deglutition; (taking food); appropriation, prehension, prensation; capture, caption; apprehension, deprehension; abreption, seizure, expropriation, abduction, ablation; subtraction, withdrawal; abstraction, ademption; adrolepsy. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Caption |
| English words defined with "caption": Crocodility ♦ headed, headline ♦ newspaper headline ♦ unheaded. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "caption": callout figure, CAPTION WRITER ♦ subtitle writer. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "caption": Captious. (references) |
| Domain | Title |
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Theater & Movies | |
High Tech |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | This is a cartoon from Harper's Weekly circa 1890. It shows an office worker, whose smoking cigar is drooping from his mouth, reading a sign on the wall: "No Smoking In Offices During Office Hours". The caption reads: "another civic-service outrage. Less smoke and more fire".Credit: Unknown photographer/artist. |  | Portrait of Roswell Park, M.D. Note caption on image references Dr. George Clowes:As a member of Dr. Park's staff of 11 men, Dr. Clowes initiated the first chemotherapy program in the United States.Credit: Unknown photographer/artist. |
 | Camp at St. Francis -- cabins and showers Triangulation party of Wilbur Porter Caption indicating St. Francis, Nebraska, is incorrect.Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | The camp at Plain View Delightful gopher story as caption of photo Triangulation party of Wilbur Porter.Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
 | Water sample bottles in a mess Caption - "Sometimes things go wrong" OCEANOGRAPHER around the world cruise.Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Caption: Edison Electric Railway Locomotive and Car with Inset Printed with Caption Pioneering in Electric Transportation at Menlo Park, New Jersey, 1880-1882; 1880-1882; {15.110/6} (jpg). |
 | "...... Bottom view of the towed sled used by the Navy research ship Mizar in the search for the nuclear submarine USS Scorpion (SSN-589). Various types of search and detection equipment can be mounted on this vehicle. Mizar yesterday located objects identified as portions of the hull of the Scorpion at a depth of more than 10,000 feet, about 400 miles southwest of the Azores." Quoted from the original caption, released with this photograph under date of 31 October 1968.Credit: NAVY. |  | Souvenir photograph of attendees at a luncheon given by Admiral Nagano for foreign military and naval attaches and their assistants, at the Tokyo Naval Club on 6 May 1940. Those present are listed in Photo # NH 79962 (complete caption).Credit: NAVY. |
 | Barn and silo in central Ohio, Woodstock, Ohio (see general caption).Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Relief office, London, Ohio (see general caption).Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Economic History | China | The production equipment include: Camera/camcorder, video tape, cable, monitoring system, non-linear editing systems, 3D animation software, VCD production system, audio console, audio gathering recorders, editors, tripods, projectors, caption generators, non-liner video workstations, MPEG compression systems, touch screens, microphone, recording systems, editing consoles, adapters, wireless communication systems, animation workstations, teltext production & playout systems, AV distant transmission, lighting, audio amplifier speakers, amplifier, digital video effect, Monitor, SGI workstations, special AV cards, audio workstations and lighting consoles. (references) |
Trade | Argentina | Commercial invoices must be presented in Spanish (one original and three copies), with the caption "Original Invoice". (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Caption" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 98.00% of the time. "Caption" is used about 250 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 98% | 245 | 19,065 |
| Noun (common) | 1.6% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.4% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 250 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "caption": give a caption to. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "caption": extended-caption. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "caption"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | titull (appellation, degree, designation, dignity, handle, heading, name, rubric, title), titra (title), tekst i shkruar, diçiturë. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | عنوان فرعي (subhead, subheading, subtitle), عنوان لمقال أو صورة, شرح (account for, anatomize, be explained, commentary, cut into slices, demonstrate, demonstration, dissect, elucidate, elucidation, explain, explanation, explication, exposition, expound, puzzle out, represent, slice, sort out). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | хващане (catch, catching, grasp, grip, gripe, handhold, hold, holding, prehension, purchase), филмов надпис. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 說明 (directions, explanation, to explain, to illustrate), 说明 (Explanatory, illustrate, illustrated, Illustrating, illustrative), 標題 (heading, headline, subject, title). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | titulek (headline, subtitle), titul (degree, heading, style, title), nadpis (heading, headline, inscription, superscript, superscription, title), legenda (clue, key, legend). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | caption, undertekst (cutline, legend, subtitle), tegnforklaring, tabelhoved (table heading), overskrift (head, heading, headline), kapiteloverskrift, forklaring (account, explanation, giving of evidence). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | caption, titel van een hoofdstuk, opschrift (descriptive marking, fascia, fascia board, front strip, head, header, heading, headline, placard, stamp, superscription, title), onderschrift (degree, heading, legend, subscript, title, underline), kop van de tabel (table heading), identificatiebeeld, herkenningsbeeld, bijschrift (legend, underline). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | سرلوحه (Epigraph, Signboard), عنوان دادن , عنوان (Address, Epithet, Head, Headline, Rubric, Surname, Title, Topic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | yhdistelmäoptio, rubriikki (head, heading, rubric), otsikko (block header, head, header, heading, headline, pediment, subject, title), luvun otsikko, kuvateksti (cutline, legend). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | légende. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Titel (captions, certificate, cover, degree, detailed head, evidence of title, heading, investment in securities, item, n., section, security, stock, title, title page, titles, titular, unit), Rubrik (category, class, column, head, header, heading, rubric, section), bildunterschrift (legend, underline), Überschrift (head, header, heading, headline, superscription, title), überschrift (heading, headline, superscript, superscription, title). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | λεζάντα (cutline, legend), επικεφαλίδα (entry word, filing word, head, heading, headline, title page). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | כותרת (capital, heading, rubric, title), ראש עמו" (headline). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | képaláírás, felirat (epigraph, inscription, label, lettering, petition, remonstrance, subtitle, superscription, title), képszöveg (underline). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | penangkapan (arrest), judul karangan, bab (chapter, matter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | titolo (appellation, certificate, content, count, evidence of title, fibre count, fineness, gauge, head, heading, headline, investment in securities, normality, note, sake, security, share, stock, strength, table heading, titer, title, title page, titre, titular, yardage), didascalia (cutline, legend, underline). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 賛 (legend), 見出し (heading, index, subtitle), キャ"ネ判 (cabbage, cabin, cabinet size, camel, camisole, capital gain, capital letter, capital loss, capitalism, captain, CAPTAIN System, capture, caramel, caravan, caraway, carburetor, career, career government employee, career woman, carrier, carry, character, Character and Pattern Telephone Access Information System, character display, character in a manga or anime, light mountain-climbing shoes). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | さ" (a style of Chinese poetry, acid, cut down, legend, legend or inscription on a picture, three), キャプション , み し (heading, index, subtitle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 자막. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | kione-heidyl, kione screeuyn (superscription), goaill teidyl, fo-heidyl, cur kione-screeuyn er, cur fo-heidyl er. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Norwegian | overskrift (headline), billedtekst. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | aptioncay confisco (confiscation, escheat, forfeit, forfeiture, seizing, seizure), captura legal, título de capítulo (rubric), título (certificate, charter, deed, degree, designation, draft, evidence of title, fibre count, fineness, floating, hank, heading, headline, investment in securities, lettering, name, security, stock, strength, title, titre, yardage), subtítulo (cross heading, minor head, subheading, subtitle), rubrica (check, column, countersign, header, imprint, itemize, raddle, reddle, rubric, Ruddle, signature), legenda de filmes, legenda (cation, cutline, gend, inscription, label, law-making, legend, mot, motto, reading, superscription). (various references) certificat ataşat la un document, titlu (deed, degree, dignity, distinction, head, head line, name, prefix, purity, share, style, title, titre), subtitlu (crossheading, sub-title), legendã (fable, inscription, legend, myth, story, tradition). (various references) заголовок (banner, banner headline, head, header, heading, headline, leader, rubric, title). (various references) natpis (inscription, legend, scripture, sign, superscript, superscription), naslov (heading, headline, rubric, title). (various references) subtítulo (cross heading, subhead, subheading, subtitle), leyenda (cutline, gend, inscription, legend, lettering, tale). (various references) rubrik (column, head, header, heading, headline, rubric, title). (various references) tutuklama (apprehension, arrest, arrestment, cop, detention, duress, pinch), manşet atmak, manşet (cuff, frill, heading, headline, screamer, streamer, streamer headline, wristband), başlık yazmak, başlık (bonnet, cap, casque, chapiter, head-dress, headgear, heading, headline, headpiece, helmet, hood, lemma, prelims, title), altyazı koymak, altyazı (subtitle). (various references) чіпляння (molestation), титр, напис на екрані, заголовок (heading, title), арешт за постановою суду, підпис (by line), причіпка (arraignment, cavil, chicane, chicanery, nag, nagging, nip). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "caption": captioned, captioning, captionless, captions. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "caption": miscaption. (additional references) | |
Words containing "caption": miscaptioned, miscaptioning, miscaptions, uncaptioned. (additional references) | |
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"Caption" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Caepio, capation, Capino, capiti, Capito, capitone, caprian, Caprimo, captan, captaux, capten, captian, captin, capting, Capton, castion, catoon, ception, chation, Ciapino, cipian, Clappison, cution, Daption, dation, kapteeni, seption, Shapton. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "caption" (pronounced ka"pshun) |
| 5 | -a" p sh u n | contraption. |
| 4 | -p sh u n | absorption, adoption, anticorruption, assumption, conception, conniption, conscription, consumption, contraception, corruption, deception, description, disruption, egyptian, encryption, eruption, exception, exemption, gumption, inception, inscription, interception, interruption, misconception, misperception, nonprescription, option, overconsumption, perception, preconception, preemption, prescription, presumption, proscription, reception, redemption, resumption, subscription, transcription. |
| 3 | -sh u n | abbreviation, abdication, abduction, aberration, abolition, abomination, abortion, abrogation, absolution, abstraction, academician, acceleration, accession, acclimation, accommodation, accreditation, accretion, accumulation, accusation, acidification, acquisition, action, activation, adaptation, addiction, addition, adjudication, administration, admiration, admission, admonition, adoration, adulation, advection, advocation, affectation, affection, affiliation, affirmation, affliction, agglomeration, aggravation, aggression, agitation, alienation, allegation, alleviation, alliteration, allocation, alphabetization, alteration, altercation, alternation, amalgamation, ambition, amelioration, ammunition, amortization, amplification, amputation, animation, annexation, annihilation, annotation, antiabortion, anticipation, antidiscrimination, apparition, appellation, application, apportion, appreciation, apprehension, approbation, appropriation, approximation, arbitration, argumentation, articulation, ascension, ashen, aspiration, assassination, assertion, assimilation, association, attention, attraction, attribution, attrition, auction, audition, augmentation, authentication, authorization, automation, aviation, avocation, balkanization, beautician, benediction, bifurcation, brutalization, calculation, calibration, cancellation, cannibalization, capitalization, capitulation, carburetion, carnation, castration, categorization, causation, caution, celebration, centralization, certification, cessation, cetacean, characterization, circulation, circumspection, citation, civilization, clarification, classification, clinician, coagulation, coalition, codification, coercion, cogeneration, cogitation, cognition, cohabitation, collaboration, collection, collectivization, colonization, coloration, colorization, combination, commemoration, commendation, commercialization, commission, commotion, communication, communization, compassion, compensation, competition, compilation, completion, complexion, complication, composition, comprehension, compression, compulsion, compunction, computation, computerization, concatenation, concentration, conceptualization, concession, conciliation, concoction, concussion, condemnation, condensation, condescension, condition, conduction, confabulation, confection, confederation, confession, configuration, confirmation, confiscation, conflagration, confrontation, conglomeration, congratulation, congregation, conjugation, conjunction, connection, connotation, consecration, conservation, consideration, consolation, consolidation, constellation, consternation, constipation, constitution, constriction, construction, consultation, consummation, contamination, contemplation, contention, continuation, contortion, contraction, contradiction, contribution, contrition, convection, convention, conversation, conviction, convocation, convolution, convulsion, cooperation, coordination, coronation, corporation, correction, correlation, corroboration, counterrevolution, creation, cremation, criminalization, crucifixion, crustacean, culmination, cultivation, cushion, dalmatian, damnation, decaffeination, decapitation, deceleration, decentralization, decertification, decimation, declaration, decommission, decomposition, decompression, deconstruction, decontamination, decoration, decriminalization, dedication, deduction, defamation, defection, definition, deflation, deforestation, deformation, degeneration, degradation, dehumanization, dehydration, deification, deinstitutionalization, delegation, deletion, deliberation, delineation, demarcation, demilitarization, demobilization, democratization, demodulation, demolition, demonization, demonstration, demoralization, demotion, denationalization, denomination, dentition, denuclearization, denunciation, depiction, depletion, depopulation, deportation, deposition, depravation, depreciation, depredation, depression, deprivation, deregulation, dereliction, derivation, desalination, desalinization, desecration, desegregation, desertion, desiccation, designation, desolation, desperation, destabilization, destination, destitution, destruction, detection, detention, deterioration, determination, detonation, detoxication, detoxification, devaluation, devastation, deviation, devolution, devotion, dictation, diction, dietitian, differentiation, diffraction, digression, dilatation, dilation, dilution, dimension, diminution, direction, disaffection, discoloration, disconnection, discontinuation, discretion, discrimination, discussion, disembarkation, disinclination, disinfection, disinflation, disinformation, disintegration, dislocation, disorganization, disorientation, dispensation, disposition, disputation, disqualification, dissatisfaction, dissection, dissemination, dissension, dissertation, dissipation, dissociation, dissolution, distillation, distinction, distortion, distraction, distribution, diversification, divination, documentation, domestication, domination, donation, dramatization, duplication, duration, dysfunction, echolocation, edification, edition, education, ejaculation, ejection, elaboration, elation, election, electrician, electrification, electrocution, elevation, elimination, elocution, elongation, emanation, emancipation, embarkation, emigration, emission, emotion, emulation, emulsion, enumeration, equalization, equitation, equivocation, eradication, erection, erudition, escalation, estimation, evacuation, evaluation, evaporation, eviction, evocation, evolution, exacerbation, exaction, exaggeration, examination, exasperation, excavation, excitation, exclamation, excommunication, excoriation, excretion, execution, exertion, exfoliation, exhalation, exhibition, exhilaration, exhortation, exhumation, exoneration, expansion, expatriation, expectation, expedition, experimentation, expiration, explanation, explication, exploitation, exploration, exposition, expression, expropriation, expulsion, extension, extermination, extinction, extortion, extraction, extradition, extrapolation, fabrication, facilitation, faction, falsification, fascination, fashion, federation, fermentation, fertilization, fibrillation, fiction, figuration, filtration, fission, fixation, flexion, flirtation, flotation, fluctuation, fluoridation, foliation, formalization, formation, formulation, fortification, foundation, fraction, fragmentation, freshen, friction, fruition, frustration, fumigation, function, gasification, gastrulation, generalization, generation, gentian, gentrification, geriatrician, germination, gestation, glaciation, globalization, glorification, gradation, graduation, granulation, gratification, gravitation, gyration, habitation, hallucination, harmonization, hesitation, hessian, hibernation, homogenization, hospitalization, humiliation, hybridization, hydration, hydrogenation, hyperinflation, hypertension, hypotension, identification, ignition, illumination, illustration, imagination, imitation, immigration, immunization, impassion, imperfection, impersonation, implantation, implementation, implication, importation, imposition, impregnation, impression, improvisation, imputation, inaction, inactivation, inauguration, incantation, incapacitation, incarceration, incarnation, incineration, inclination, incoordination, incorporation, incrimination, incrustation, incubation, indemnification, indentation, indexation, indication, indignation, indiscretion, indoctrination, induction, industrialization, infarction, infatuation, infection, infestation, infiltration, inflammation, inflation, inflection, infliction, information, infraction, inhabitation, inhalation, inhibition, initiation, injection, injunction, innovation, inoculation, inquisition, insemination, insertion, insinuation, inspection, inspiration, installation, instigation, institution, institutionalization, instruction, instrumentation, insubordination, insulation, insurrection, integration, intensification, interaction, intercession, interconnection, interdiction, interjection, intermission, internationalization, interpretation, interrogation, intersection, intimation, intimidation, intonation, intoxication, introduction, introspection, intuition, inundation, invalidation, invention, investigation, invitation, invocation, ionization, irradiation, irrigation, irritation, isolation, jubilation, junction, jurisdiction, justification, juxtaposition, laceration, lactation, legalization, legislation, levitation, liberalization, liberation, libration, ligation, lilliputian, limitation, liposuction, liquefaction, liquidation, litigation, localization, location, locomotion, logician, lotion, lubrication, machination, magician, magnetization, magnification, malformation, malfunction, malnutrition, manifestation, manipulation, mansion, marginalization, martian, masturbation, mathematician, maturation, maximization, mechanization, mediation, medication, meditation, menstruation, mention, midsection, migration, mineralization, miniaturization, ministration, misallocation, misapplication, misapprehension, misappropriation, miscalculation, mischaracterization, miscommunication, miscreation, misidentification, misimpression, misinformation, misinterpretation, misrepresentation, mission, mitigation, mobilization, moderation, modernization, modification, modulation, molestation, monopolization, mortician, motion, motivation, multiplication, mummification, munition, musician, mutation, mutilation, narration, nation, nationalization, naturalization, navigation, negation, negotiation, neutralization, nitration, nomination, nonaggression, nondiscrimination, nonfiction, nonproliferation, normalization, notation, notification, notion, nucleation, nullification, nutrition, obfuscation, objection, obligation, observation, obsession, obstetrician, obstruction, occupation, ocean, omission, operation, opposition, oppression, optician, optimization, oration, orchestration, ordination, organisation, organization, orientation, origination, ornamentation, oscillation, ossification, ostentation, ovation, overexpansion, overpopulation, overproduction, overprotection, overreaction, overregulation, oversimplification, overvaluation, ovulation, oxidation, pacification, pagination, palpitation, participation, partition, passion, pasteurization, patrician, pediatrician, penetration, pension, percussion, perfection, perforation, permission, permutation, perpetuation, persecution, personalization, personification, perspiration, perturbation, petition, physician, pigmentation, plantation, polarization, politician, politicization, pollination, pollution, pontification, popularization, population, portion, position, possession, potion, precaution, precession, precipitation, precondition, predestination, prediction, predilection, predisposition, preelection, prefabrication, preignition, premeditation, premonition, preoccupation, preparation, presentation, preservation, pressurization, presupposition, pretension, prevention, privation, privatization, probation, procession, proclamation, procrastination, procreation, production, profanation, profession, prognostication, progression, prohibition, projection, proliferation, promotion, pronunciation, propagation, proportion, proposition, propulsion, proration, prosecution, prostitution, prostration, protection, protestation, provocation, publication, punctuation, purification, qualification, quantification, quotation, radiation, radicalization, ramification, ratification, ration, rationalization, reaction, reaffirmation, realization, reallocation, reassertion, reauthorization, recalculation, recantation, recapitalization, recertification, recession, recitation, reclamation, reclassification, recognition, recollection, recommendation, reconciliation, recondition, reconfiguration, reconfirmation, reconsideration, reconstruction, recreation, recrimination, rectification, recuperation, redecoration, rededication, redefinition, redirection, redistribution, reduction, reeducation, reelection, reevaluation, reexamination, reflation, reflection, reforestation, reformation, refrigeration, refutation, regeneration, regimentation, registration, regression, regulation, rehabilitation, rehydration, reimposition, reincarnation, reincorporation, reinspection, reintegration, reinterpretation, reintroduction, reinvention, reinvigoration, reiteration, rejection, rejuvenation, relation, relaxation, relocation, remediation, remission, remuneration, renationalization, rendition, renegotiation, renomination, renovation, renunciation, reorganization, reparation, repatriation, repercussion, repetition, replication, reposition, repossession, representation, repression, reproduction, repudiation, reputation, requisition, reregulation, reservation, resignation, resolution, respiration, restitution, restoration, restriction, resurrection, resuscitation, retaliation, retardation, retention, retraction, retransmission, retribution, reunification, revaluation, revelation, reverberation, revitalization, revocation, revolution, revulsion, rhetorician, rotation, rumination, salvation, sanctification, sanction, sanitation, saponification, satisfaction, saturation, secession, secretion, section, securitization, sedation, sedimentation, sedition, seduction, segmentation, segregation, selection, sensation, separation, sequestration, session, simplification, simulation, situation, socialization, solicitation, solution, sophistication, specialization, specification, speculation, stabilization, stagflation, stagnation, standardization, starvation, station, statistician, sterilization, stimulation, stipulation, strangulation, subluxation, submission, subordination, subsection, subsidization, substantiation, substation, substitution, subtraction, suburbanization, succession, suction, suffocation, summation, superstation, superstition, supposition, suppression, suspension, suspicion, syncopation, syndication, tabulation, tactician, taxation, technician, telecommunication, temptation, tension, termination, theoretician, titian, titillation, toleration, traction, tradition, transaction, transection, transformation, transgression, transillumination, transition, translation, transmission, transplantation, transportation, trepidation, triangulation, tribulation, tuition, undervaluation, unification, unionization, urbanization, usurpation, utilization, vacation, vaccination, vacillation, validation, valuation, vaporization, variation, vegetation, venetian, ventilation, verification, vibration, victimization, vilification, vindication, violation, visitation, visualization, vocation, volition, vulgarization, westernization, workstation. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: paction. | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-i-n-o-p-t" | |
-1 letter: action, atonic, atopic, cation, catnip. | |
-2 letters: actin, antic, canto, capon, coapt, coati, cotan, inapt, octan, ontic, optic, paint, panic, panto, patin, patio, piano, picot, pinot, pinta, pinto, piton, point, tonic, topic. | |
-3 letters: anti, atop, cain, cant, capo, ciao, cion, coat, coin, coni, icon, into, iota, naoi, nipa, nota, otic, pact, pain, pant, pian. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-i-n-o-p-t" | |
+1 letter: captions, coapting, optician, pactions, panoptic, platonic. | |
+2 letters: anthropic, captioned, cocaptain, complaint, compliant, haplontic, impaction, nonimpact, opticians, outpacing, pantropic, placation, plication, prolactin. | |
+3 letters: antipoetic, antipolice, ascription, capitation, captioning, coaptation, cocaptains, compacting, compaction, comparting, complaints, constipate, copulating, copulation, impactions, importance, importancy, miscaption, morphactin, neoplastic, noncapital, nonplastic, nontypical, nyctalopia, occupation, pantomimic, pathogenic, patronymic, peculation, pentatonic, phonematic, pitchwoman, placations, planktonic, pleonastic, plications, politician, pontifical, pratincole, precaution, prolactins, punctation, speciation, synoptical, taphonomic, theophanic. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)43 61 70 74 69 6F 6E |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.-. .- .--. - .. --- -. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000011 01100001 01110000 01110100 01101001 01101111 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)C a p t i o n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0043 0061 0070 0074 0069 006F 006E |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)37678286758180 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Images: Slideshow 6. Images: Photo Album 7. Quotations: Non-fiction 8. Usage Frequency | 9. Expressions 10. Expressions: Internet 11. Translations: Modern 12. Derivations | 13. Rhymes 14. Anagrams 15. Orthography 16. Bibliography |
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