capture
verb/ˈkæptʃə(r)/
/ˈkæptʃər/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they capture | /ˈkæptʃə(r)/ /ˈkæptʃər/ |
| he / she / it captures | /ˈkæptʃəz/ /ˈkæptʃərz/ |
| past simple captured | /ˈkæptʃəd/ /ˈkæptʃərd/ |
| past participle captured | /ˈkæptʃəd/ /ˈkæptʃərd/ |
| -ing form capturing | /ˈkæptʃərɪŋ/ /ˈkæptʃərɪŋ/ |
- capture somebody/something to catch a person or an animal and keep them as a prisoner or shut them in a space that they cannot escape from
- Allied troops captured over 300 enemy soldiers.
- The animals are captured in nets and sold to local zoos.
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- capture something to take control of a place, building, etc. using force
- The city was captured in 1941.
- capture something to succeed in getting control or possession of something that other people are also trying to get
- The company has captured 90 per cent of the market.
- He captured the world championship title in 2018.
- to make somebody interested in something
- The project has captured the imagination of the local public.
- Her story captured the attention of Hollywood.
- capture something to succeed in accurately expressing a feeling, an atmosphere, etc. in a picture, piece of writing, film, etc. synonym catch
- Her photos capture the essence of her subjects.
- The song captures the spirit of those times.
- They have captured a moment in people's lives.
Extra Examples- That description captures perfectly the feeling of being invisible.
- The article captured the mood of the nation.
- The exhibition on India fails to capture the great diversity of this fascinating country.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- accurately
- perfectly
- beautifully
- …
- try to
- be able to
- manage to
- …
- to photograph, film, record, paint, etc. somebody/something
- capture something The photographer's camera captures images of extreme beauty.
- capture somebody/something on something The attack was captured on film by security cameras.
- capture somebody’s heart to make somebody love you
- capture something to put something into a computer in a form it can use
catch
take control
make somebody interested
feeling/atmosphere
film/record/paint
somebody’s heart
computing
Word Originmid 16th cent. (as a noun): from French, from Latin captura, from capt- ‘seized, taken’, from the verb capere.
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