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- [kap-cher]
- /ˈkæp tʃər/
- /ˈkæptʃə(r)/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [kap-cher]
- /ˈkæp tʃər/
Definitions of capture word
- verb capture If you capture someone or something, you catch them, especially in a war. 3
- verb capture Capture is also a noun. 3
- verb capture If something or someone captures a particular quality, feeling, or atmosphere, they represent or express it successfully. 3
- verb capture If something captures your attention or imagination, you begin to be interested or excited by it. If someone or something captures your heart, you begin to love them or like them very much. 3
- verb capture If an event is captured in a photograph or on film, it is photographed or filmed. 3
- verb capture If you capture something that you are trying to obtain in competition with other people, you succeed in obtaining it. 3
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Origin of capture
First appearance:
before 1535 One of the 29% oldest English words
1535-45; < Middle French < Latin captūra, equivalent to capt(us) taken (past participle of capere to take) + -ūra -ure
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Parts of speech for Capture
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
capture popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 92% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
capture usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for capture
verb capture
- secure — free from or not exposed to danger or harm; safe.
- occupy — to take or fill up (space, time, etc.): I occupied my evenings reading novels.
- apprehend — If the police apprehend someone, they catch them and arrest them.
- trap — a ladder or ladderlike device used to reach a loft, attic, etc.
- seize — to take hold of suddenly or forcibly; grasp: to seize a weapon.
noun capture
- imprisonment — to confine in or as if in a prison.
- detention — Detention is when someone is arrested or put into prison, especially for political reasons.
- seizure — the act or an instance of seizing.
- apprehension — Apprehension is a feeling of fear that something bad may happen.
- incarceration — the act of incarcerating, or putting in prison or another enclosure: The incarceration rate has increased dramatically.
Antonyms for capture
verb capture
- forfeit — a fine; penalty.
- surrender — to yield (something) to the possession or power of another; deliver up possession of on demand or under duress: to surrender the fort to the enemy; to surrender the stolen goods to the police.
- misunderstand — to take (words, statements, etc.) in a wrong sense; understand wrongly.
- release — to lease again.
- liberate — to set free, as from imprisonment or bondage.
noun capture
- rise — to get up from a lying, sitting, or kneeling posture; assume an upright position: She rose and walked over to greet me. With great effort he rose to his knees.
- liberalization — (US) The process or act of making more liberal.
- liberalisation — (British) alternative spelling of liberalization.
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