Definition of capture
1 : an act or instance of capturing: such asa : an act of catching, winning, or gaining control by force, stratagem, or guile the capture of the city by enemy forcesb : a move in a board game (such as chess or checkers) that gains an opponent's piecec : the absorption by an atom, nucleus, or particle of a subatomic particle that often results in subsequent emission of radiation or in fissiond : the act of recording in a permanent file data capture motion capture
2 : one that has been taken (such as a prize ship)
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Examples of capture in a Sentence
the capture of the city by enemy forces
a Spanish treasure ship was the most valuable capture ever taken by that privateer
Recent Examples of capture from the Web
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Stephen Colbert, who's truly one of the world's leading Tolkien scholars, had Andy Serkis, the visionary motion-capture actor who played Gollum, on his show last night.
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Others hope to pry out the neutrino's mass by studying nuclei of holmium-163, a synthetic radioisotope, created with particle accelerators, that undergoes a process nearly the opposite of beta decay called electron capture.
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The Maute Group, led by brothers Abdullah and Omar Maute, formerly petty criminals, spearheaded the capture of Marawi, the largest Muslim-majority city in the Philippines.
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The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation offers a $5 million reward for information leading to the capture of Hapilon in connection with the kidnapping of three Americans.
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Additionally, there are extremely high mortality rates involved in wild pangolin capture.
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Indeed, experts estimate that for each pangolin that survives capture and transport to captivity, six more will die in the process.
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The entire episode, which was capture in surveillance footage obtained Friday by the Daily Southtown, lasts less than a minute.
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Capture lets users take pictures or video and then add stickers, text or annotations to the quick message before sending it to individuals or group chats.
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Origin and Etymology of capture
Medieval French, from Latin captura, from captus —see captive
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Definition of capture
captured
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play \ˈkap-chə-riŋ, ˈkap-shriŋ\transitive verb
1a : to take captive; also : to gain control of especially by force capture a cityb : to gain or win especially through effort captured 60 percent of the vote
2a : to emphasize, represent, or preserve (something, such as a scene, mood, or quality) in a more or less permanent form … at any such moment as a photograph might capture … — C. E. Montagueb : to record in a permanent file (as in a computer) The system is used to capture data relating to the buying habits of young people.
3 : to captivate and hold the interest of The performer captured our attention.
4 : to take according to the rules of a game A knight captured his pawn.
5 : to bring about the capture of (a subatomic particle)
6 astronomy : to draw into the gravitational influence of a larger body Asteroids were thought to be too small to capture a moon, but the moon might be a fragment that broke off. — Kenneth Chang
Examples of capture in a Sentence
They were captured by enemy soldiers.
using traps to capture mice
The city was captured by the Romans.
She captured 60 percent of the vote in the last election.
The company plans on capturing a larger segment of the market.
The show has captured the attention of teenagers.
Recent Examples of capture from the Web
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These sculptures capture some of the whimsical notes of Holliday's original Columbia posters and enhance our experience of the work and streetscape through interactivity.
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The on-court action was fine, but the real drama happened in the royal box, where photographers captured Smith and McKellen in a full range of facial expressions —including elation, fear, disappointment, outrage, and surprise.
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Surveillance video captured the white male coin maker walking across the factory floor with a noose in hand.
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The law is designed to capture contributions of definable value, like money or other assets.
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Tina's personal interior designer, Stephen Sills (who also counts Anna Wintour and the Rockefeller family among clients), designed the exhibit, which was created to capture the energy and glamour of her performances. 7.
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One of the cyclists, Greg Goodman, captured the entire incident on his GoPro.
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His influence — emblematic of a series about capturing magical creatures and deploying them in battle — ripples through everything from Atlus's Persona to Bandai Namco's Ni No Kuni games.
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These traits, which Tim captures quite beautifully, will certainly lead to even greater success off the field than what each has already accomplished, and will yet accomplish, on the field.
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First Known Use of capture
1574
Synonym Discussion of capture
CAPTURE Defined for English Language Learners
capture
playDefinition of capture for English Language Learners
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: the act of taking and holding someone as a prisoner or of being taken as a prisoner
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: the act of getting control of something
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: the act of putting information in a form that a computer can use or read
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Definition of capture for English Language Learners
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: to take and hold (someone) as a prisoner especially by using force
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: to catch (an animal)
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: to get control of (a place) especially by using force
CAPTURE Defined for Kids
Definition of capture for Students
captured
;capturing
1 : to take and hold especially by force The eagle captured its prey.
2 : to win or get through effort The candidate captured more than half the vote.
3 : to get and hold The seaweed strewn about … had captured her attention. — Kevin Henkes, Olive's Ocean
4 : to put into a lasting form She captured the scene in a photo.
Word Root of capture
The Latin word capere, meaning “to seize” or “to take,” and its form captus give us the roots cap, capt, and cept. Words from the Latin capere have something to do with taking. To capture is to take something or someone by using force. To accept is to take something willingly. Anyone capable of doing something is able to take on that task.
Definition of capture for Students
: the act of taking and holding especially by force
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