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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The word "capture" in example sentences

The court could simply apply the Quirin decision holding that the 5th and 6th Amendments do not apply to unlawful belligerents facing a military commission to the status hearings which determine whether the capture is an unlawful combatant. ❋ Unknown (2007)

If the capture is al Qaeda, then he would have to be self deluding to believe that he was being held "unjustly." ❋ Unknown (2007)

This capture is the result of an operation which began with the capture in Lázaro Cardenes, Michoacán of 19 tons of psuedoefedrina which came from China and which is used in the manufacture of "crystal" and metafetaminas; psycho trophic drugs. ❋ Unknown (2007)

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