capture
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkæp.ʃə/
ipa: /ˈkæp.t͡ʃə/
ipa: /ˈkæp.ʃɚ/
ipa: /ˈkæp.t͡ʃɚ/
rhymes: -æpʃə(ɹ)
rhymes: -æptʃə(ɹ)
Forms: form: captures
form: capturing
form: captured
form: captured
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French capture (noun), from Latin captūra. Displaced native Old English fenġ (noun) and ġefōn (verb).
Senses: examples: text: to capture an enemy, a vessel, or a criminal
text: Arrests and prosecutions intensified after Isis captured Mosul in June, but the groundwork had been laid by an earlier amendment to Jordan’s anti-terrorism law. It is estimated that 2,000 Jordanians have fought and 250 of them have died in Syria – making them the third largest Arab contingent in Isis after Saudi Arabians and Tunisians.
ref: 2014 November 27, Ian Black, “Courts kept busy as Jordan works to crush support for Isis”, in The Guardian:
text: […]I said it was because Tillerson hadn't filled the subordinate ranks with appointees who would advance the Administration's policies and that he had, in effect, been captured by the careerists.
ref: 2020 June 23, John Bolton, The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir, New York, N.Y.: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 29:
text: Being so inflexible, the railway was easy prey to road competition, and the arrival of unregulated lorry transport from farm fields to town centres quickly captured all locally generated business.
ref: 2020 November 18, Howard Johnston, “The missing 'Lincs' and the sole survivor”, in Rail, page 58:
glosses: To take control of; to seize by force or stratagem.
examples: text: The paintings in the gallery really captured my imagination.
synonyms: catch
grab
seize
glosses: To take hold of.
examples: text: She captured the sounds of a subway station on tape.
text: She captured the details of the fresco in a series of photographs.
text: Ultimately, whether you want to shoot digital or film, the object is to give the client what they want and to capture the image you want, the way you want it to look.
ref: 2006, Michael Grecco, Lighting and the Dramatic Portrait, Amphoto Books, →ISBN, page 86:
glosses: To store (as in sounds or image) for later revisitation.
examples: text: His film adaptation captured the spirit of the original work.
text: In her latest masterpiece, she captured the essence of Venice.
text: Winterhalter was gifted at capturing the luxurious fabrics and hairstyles of female royalty and he was commissioned to paint portraits of the continental Empresses Eugénie of France and Elizabeth of Austria.
ref: 2015, Alison Matthews David, Fashion Victims: The Damages of Dress Past and Present, →ISBN, page 86:
glosses: To reproduce convincingly.
examples: text: My pawn was captured.
text: He captured his opponent’s queen on the 15th move.
text: How deeply ingrained capturing is in the mind of a chess master can be seen from this story.
ref: 1954, Fred Reinfeld, How to Be a Winner at Chess, Garden City, NY: Hanover House, page 63:
glosses: To remove or take control of an opponent’s piece in a game (e.g., chess, go, checkers).
Synonyms: word: seize
word: take away
word: abduct
word: kidnap
word: hold hostage
word: apprehend
word: begripe
word: capture
word: fang
word: grasp
word: get
word: gripe
word: lay hold of
word: take hold
Hypernyms: word: take
Hyponyms: word: board
word: catch
word: commandeer
word: conquer
word: snatch
word: take by storm
word: take over
word: usurp
word: attach
word: arrest
word: bust
word: collar
word: detain
word: nail
word: nick
word: pinch
word: roust
word: betrap
word: ensnare
word: entrap
word: snare
word: trap
word: hook
word: lasso
word: net
Derived terms: sense: terms derived from noun or verb
word: aerocapture
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word: captee
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word: capturability
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word: capturable
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word: capture card
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word: capture effect
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word: captureless
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word: capture myopathy
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word: capture the flag
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word: carbon capture
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word: cavicapture
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word: chromosome conformation capture
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word: cocapture
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word: direct air capture
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word: electron capture
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word: electron capture detector
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word: elite capture
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word: encapture
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word: glycocapture
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word: image capture
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word: immunocapture
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word: lithocapture
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word: magnetism-based interaction capture
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word: motion capture
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word: motion-capture
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word: multicapture
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word: neutron capture
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word: oligocapture
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word: photocapture
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word: piscicapture
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word: postcapture
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word: precapture
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word: proton capture
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word: recapture
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word: regulatory capture
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word: screen capture
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word: screen motion capture
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word: slips and capture
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word: state capture
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word: uncapture
Related terms: word: caption
word: captivate
word: captive
word: captivity
word: apprehend
word: arrest
word: snapshot
word: take
word: take over
word: booty