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Capture

//ˈkæp.ʃə// noun, verb

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Noun
  1. 1
    An act of capturing; a seizing by force or stratagem. countable, uncountable

    "even with regard to captures made at sea"

  2. 2
    the act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property wordnet
  3. 3
    The securing of an object of strife or desire, as by the power of some attraction. countable, uncountable

    "the capture of a lover’s heart"

  4. 4
    the removal of an opponent's piece from the chess board wordnet
  5. 5
    Something that has been captured; a captive. countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    the act of taking of a person by force wordnet
  2. 7
    The recording or storage of something for later playback. countable, uncountable

    "video capture"

  3. 8
    any process in which an atomic or nuclear system acquires an additional particle wordnet
  4. 9
    A particular match found for a pattern in a text string. countable, uncountable

    "After the match […], the text matched within the named capture is available via the Match object's Groups(name) property."

  5. 10
    a process whereby a star or planet holds an object in its gravitational field wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To take control of; to seize by force or stratagem. transitive

    "to capture an enemy, a vessel, or a criminal"

  2. 2
    succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase wordnet
  3. 3
    To take hold of. figuratively, transitive

    "The paintings in the gallery really captured my imagination."

  4. 4
    capture as if by hunting, snaring, or trapping wordnet
  5. 5
    To store (as in sounds or image) for later revisitation. transitive

    "She captured the sounds of a subway station on tape."

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  1. 6
    succeed in representing or expressing something intangible wordnet
  2. 7
    To reproduce convincingly. transitive

    "His film adaptation captured the spirit of the original work."

  3. 8
    attract; cause to be enamored wordnet
  4. 9
    To remove or take control of an opponent’s piece in a game (e.g., chess, go, checkers). transitive

    "My pawn was captured."

  5. 10
    take possession of by force, as after an invasion wordnet
  6. 11
    bring about the capture of an elementary particle or celestial body and causing it enter a new orbit wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Middle French capture (noun), from Latin captūra. Displaced native Old English fenġ (noun) and ġefōn (verb).

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Middle French capture (noun), from Latin captūra. Displaced native Old English fenġ (noun) and ġefōn (verb).

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