capture
verb (used with object)
to take by force or stratagem; take prisoner; seize.
is capturing
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present progressiveof capture (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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This murky case is capturing attention because Reut is an active and decorated officer of Ukraine's military intelligence agency, GUR, and his co-defendant Vitalii Zhykovych worked for the SBU security service until recently.
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026
Ross Chief Executive Jim Conroy said Ross is capturing market share by attracting customers away from other retail chains.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 23, 2026
"This means we observed the brain as is, capturing a complete, unaltered portrait of its chemical makeup," Wang said.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 1, 2026
But these elephants are no dopes: One of Ms. Argo’s coups is capturing a very well-organized raid—quietly executed, under cover of darkness—by a parade of males into a tomato plantation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 13, 2026
But the project is capturing an image that is of sufficient resolution to be subjected to OCR in the future.
From Library of Congress Workshop on Etexts by Library of Congress
