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capture
[kap-cher]
verb (used with object)
to take by force or stratagem; take prisoner; seize.
The police captured the burglar.
Antonyms: releaseto gain control of or exert influence over.
an ad that captured our attention;
a TV show that captured 30% of the prime-time audience.
to take possession of, as in a game or contest.
to capture a pawn in chess.
to represent or record in lasting form.
The movie succeeded in capturing the atmosphere of Berlin in the 1930s.
Computers.
to enter (data) into a computer for processing or storage.
to record (data) in preparation for such entry.
noun
the act of capturing.
Antonyms: releasethe thing or person captured.
Physics., the process in which an atomic or nuclear system acquires an additional particle.
Crystallography., substitution in a crystal lattice of a trace element for an element of lower valence.
capture
/ ˈkæptʃə /
verb
to take prisoner or gain control over
to capture an enemy
to capture a town
(in a game or contest) to win control or possession of
to capture a pawn in chess
to succeed in representing or describing (something elusive)
the artist captured her likeness
physics (of an atom, molecule, ion, or nucleus) to acquire (an additional particle)
to insert or transfer (data) into a computer
noun
the act of taking by force; seizure
the person or thing captured; booty
physics a process by which an atom, molecule, ion, or nucleus acquires an additional particle
Also called: piracy. geography the process by which the headwaters of one river are diverted into another through erosion caused by the second river's tributaries
the act or process of inserting or transferring data into a computer
Other Word Forms
- capturable adjective
- capturer noun
- precapture adjective
- uncapturable adjective
- uncaptured adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of capture1
Example Sentences
A young man from one of the towns outlying the western Sudanese city of El-Fasher, Hussein was one of hundreds of men and boys captured and held by paramilitary forces that have overrun the area.
He mounts a GoPro camera to his forehead and follows a regimented list of hand movements to capture exact point-of-view footage of how a human folds.
Europe's largest bat doesn't merely snack on small birds -- it hunts and captures them more than a kilometer above the ground and consumes them while still in flight.
A video taken by the men from inside the car captured their arrival.
Throngs of press surrounded Mamdani and captured his every moment, like running into the street to shake hands with a taxi driver shouting "we support you, man".
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