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Definition of capture noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

capture

noun
 
 
/ˈkæptʃə(r)/
 
/ˈkæptʃər/
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  1.  
     [uncountable] the act of capturing somebody/something or of being captured
    • He evaded capture for three days.
    • to elude/avoid capture
    • They narrowly escaped capture several times.
    • This information led to the capture of the murderer.
    Topics Crime and punishmentb2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + capture
    • avoid
    • elude
    • escape
    • …
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  2. [uncountable] the act of taking control of a place, building, etc. using force
    • the capture of enemy territory
  3. [uncountable, countable] the act or process of recording something, especially using computers
    • image/video capture
    • I have provided a series of screen captures (= images of what was on a screen) below.
    4. see also carbon capture and storage, data capture, motion capture
    Word Originmid 16th cent. (as a noun): from French, from Latin captura, from capt- ‘seized, taken’, from the verb capere.
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