Capture
Word | CAPTURE |
Character | 7 |
Hyphenation | cap ture |
Pronunciations | /ˈkæp.t͡ʃə/ |
Definitions and meanings of "Capture"
What do we mean by capture?
To take captive, as by force or craft; seize. transitive verb
To gain possession or control of, as in a game or contest. transitive verb
To attract and hold. transitive verb
To attract and pull (a celestial body) into orbit by gravitation. transitive verb
To succeed in preserving in lasting form. transitive verb
The act of catching, taking, or winning, as by force or skill. noun
One that has been seized, caught, or won; a catch or prize. noun
The process by which a massive body, such as a star or planet, draws and holds another body in gravitational orbit. noun
The phenomenon in which an atom or a nucleus absorbs a subatomic particle, often with the subsequent emission of radiation. noun
The act of taking or seizing; seizure; arrest: as, the capture of an enemy, of a ship, or of booty, by force, surprise, or stratagem; the capture of a criminal. noun
The thing taken; a prize. noun
In physical geography, to divert part of (a river) to a new course: said of the action of a stream that erodes its valley headward into the basin of another river and thus captures or diverts the upper waters of the latter to its own course.
To take or seize by force, surprise, or stratagem, as an enemy or his property; take captive; make a prize or prisoner of: as, to capture a vessel or a fortress; to capture prisoners.
To win by ingenuity or skill against resistance or competition: as, to capture a prize for marksmanship.
In physical geography, the process by which a stream, lengthening its valley by head-ward erosion and thus encroaching upon a neighboring drainage-basin of greater altitude, eventually taps another stream, whose upper waters are thus diverted and whose lower waters are left ‘beheaded’: said also of glaciers. noun
The act of seizing by force, or getting possession of by superior power or by stratagem. noun
The securing of an object of strife or desire, as by the power of some attraction. noun
The thing taken by force, surprise, or stratagem; a prize; prey. noun
An act of capturing; a seizing by force or stratagem.
The securing of an object of strife or desire, as by the power of some attraction.
Something that has been captured; a captive.
The recording or storage of something for later playback.
A particular match found for a pattern in a text string.
Synonyms and Antonyms for Capture
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