26984 words

capture

19 definitions • 27 examples
1
to take someone as a prisoner, or to take something into your possession, especially by force:

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Two of the soldiers were killed and the rest were captured.
Rebel forces captured the city after a week-long battle.
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to succeed in getting something when you are competing with other people:

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to represent or describe something very accurately using words or images:

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It would be impossible to capture her beauty in a painting.
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to record or take a picture of something using a camera:

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A passer-by captured the whole incident on film.
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If something captures your imagination or attention, you feel very interested and excited by it:

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The American drive to land a man on the Moon captured the imagination/attention of the whole world.
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that act of taking someone as a prisoner, or taking something into your possession, especially by force:

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People who commit cybercrime often evade capture.
They witnessed the capture of the city by rebel troops.
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the process of collecting a natural product so that it can be stored or used:

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Rainwater capture will ensure water conservation is a priority.
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the act of recording an image, sound, or other information using a computer or camera, or the image or other information that is recorded:

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The device is designed for the capture of visual images.
A screen capture of the incident was circulated online.
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We are sharing this great capture of a rainbow over the city.
Nice capture!
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(of a computer or similar machine) the act of taking in and storing information:

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It is important to ensure accuracy in the capture of machine interpretable data.
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to take someone as a prisoner, or to take something into your possession:

Examples:

These birds were captured in the wild in 1987.
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to record sound or images, or to express a feeling:

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She captured the incident on video.
Those songs capture the romantic mood of the movie.
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to succeed in getting something when you are competing with others:

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capture a large share/10%/30% of the market It was predicted that the internet could capture 5% of the US retail market within three years.
They have captured a major position in a worldwide market.
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if a computer, camera, or other machine captures information, it changes it into a form that it can process and store:

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New digital video technology makes it possible to capture and store an almost limitless volume of footage at minimal cost.
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to catch and collect the carbon dioxide produced by machines and processes so that it is not released into the environment:

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Coal-fired power stations must be retrofitted to capture carbon dioxide.
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the process of changing information into a form that a computer or other machine can process and store:

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the act of catching and collecting carbon dioxide so that it is not released into the environment:

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Facilities are required to plan for the capture of carbon dioxide in compliance with federal standards.
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the act of winning or getting control of something:

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