capturing

7 definitions • 6 examples

present participle of

to take someone as a prisoner, or to take something into your possession, especially by force:

Two of the soldiers were killed and the rest were captured.

Rebel forces captured the city after a week-long battle.

to succeed in getting something when you are competing with other people:

The Democratic Party candidate captured 70 percent of the vote.

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

It would be impossible to capture her beauty in a painting.

to record or take a picture of something using a camera:

A passer-by captured the whole incident on film.

If a computer or similar machine captures information, it takes it in and stores it.

If something captures your imagination or attention, you feel very interested and excited by it:

The American drive to land a man on the Moon captured the imagination/attention of the whole world.