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closed-captioned

[ klohzd-kap-shuhnd ]

adjective

  1. (of a television program, film, or video) distributed with synchronized transcription or translation of speech and written descriptions of other relevant audio elements, as for the hard of hearing, that are visible only when the option to display them is selected. : CC

closed-captioned

adjective

  1. (of a video recording) having subtitles which appear on screen only if the cassette is played through a special decoder
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of closed-captioned1

First recorded in 1975–80

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