"closed caption" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: closed captions [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} closed caption (plural closed captions)
  1. (television) Text which can be displayed on a television or other video screen with suitable equipment, usually a transcription or description of audio material. Categories (topical): Television Related terms: CC, closed captioning, open caption Translations (text displayed on a screen with suitable equipment): 隱藏字幕 (Chinese Mandarin), 隐藏字幕 (yǐncáng zìmù) (Chinese Mandarin), tekstitys [singular] (Finnish), tekstitykset [plural] (Finnish), geschlossener Untertitel [masculine] (German), optional zuschaltbarer Untertitel [masculine] (German), választható/bekapcsolható felirat (Hungarian), クローズドキャプション (kurōzudokyappushon) (Japanese), legenda oculta [Brazil, feminine] (Portuguese), legenda codificada [Brazil, feminine] (Portuguese), legendagem de áudio [Portugal, feminine] (Portuguese), legenda fechada [Portugal, feminine] (Portuguese), legenda de áudio [Portugal, feminine] (Portuguese), скрытые субтитры (skrytyje subtitry) [plural] (Russian), subtítulos [masculine, plural] (Spanish), subtítulos descriptivos [masculine, plural] (Spanish), subtítulos para sordos [masculine, plural] (Spanish), subtítulos opcionales [masculine, plural] (Spanish), undertexter [plural] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-closed_caption-en-noun-3W6OeTqN Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: broadcasting, media, television

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Download JSON data for closed caption meaning in English (4.3kB)

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