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Capture

Definition: Capture

Capture

Noun

1. The act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property.

2. A process whereby a star or planet holds an object in its gravitational field.

3. Any process in which an atomic or nuclear system acquires an additional particle.

4. The act of taking of a person by force.

5. The removal of an opponent's piece from the chess board.

Verb

1. Succeed in representing or expressing something intangible; "capture the essence of Spring"; "capture an idea".

2. Attract; cause to be enamored; "She captured all the men's hearts".

3. Succeed in catching or seizing, , esp. after a chase; "We finally got the suspect"; "Did you catch the thief?".

4. Bring about the capture of an elementary particle or celestial body and causing it enter a new orbit; "This nucleus has captured the slow-moving neutrons"; "The star captured a comet".

5. Take possession of without permission or take with force, as after a conquest or invasion; "the invaders seized the land and property of the inhabitants"; "The army seized the town"; "The militia captured the castle".

6. Capture as if by hunting, snaring, or trapping; "I caught a rabbit in the trap toady".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "capture" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

 

Specialty Definition: Capture

DomainDefinition

Aerospace

1. Of a central force filed, as of a planet; to overcome by gravitational force the velocity of a passing body and bring the body under the control of the central force field, in some cases absorbing its mass.2. Acquisition or absorption of an additional particle by an atomic nucleus. (references)

Computing

The need. . . in a punched-card system is the -- of newly created data in a form which can be reentered into the system. . which. . is satisfied by having summary data recorded in punched-card form . Source: European Union. (references)

Electrical Engineering

The automatic tracking and holding action of a ground station working to a communications satellite. Source: European Union. (references)

Geography

More than 25 comets have orbits closely related to Jupiter's orbit, indicating that these comets have been captured by the planet. Source: European Union. (references)
 Ideas of the mode of origin of comets fall into three groups:. . . 2) -- from interstellar space (suggested first by P. S. Laplace in 1813/. Source: European Union. (references)

Medicine

Effective depolarization of a cardiac chamber caused by a paced stimulus. Source: European Union. (references)

Mining

Natural diversion of the head-waters of one stream into the channel of another stream having greater erosional activity and flowing at a lower level. Source: European Union. (references)
 In a crystal structure, the substitution of a trace element for a major element of lower valence; e.g., Ba+2 for K+ . Captured trace elements generally have a higher concentration relative to the major element in the mineral than in the fluid from which it crystallized.CF:admittance; camouflage. (references)

Physics

Any process by which an atomic or nuclear system acquires an additional particle. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonyms: Capture

Synonyms: gaining control (n), seizure (n), appropriate (v), becharm (v), beguile (v), bewitch (v), captivate (v), catch (v), charm (v), conquer (v), enamor (v), enamour (v), enchant (v), entrance (v), fascinate (v), get (v), seize (v), take over (v), trance (v). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Capture

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Taking

Snap up, nip up, whip up, catch up; kidnap, crimp, capture, lay violent hands on.

Noun: taking; Verb: reception; (taking in); (taking food); appropriation, prehension, prensation; capture, caption; apprehension, deprehension; abreption, seizure, expropriation, abduction, ablation; subtraction, withdrawal; abstraction, ademption; adrolepsy.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Capture

English words defined with "capture": Allen, Ant-lion, arbitrage, artificebag, Bird spider, birdlime, boring, Byzantine empireCaptured, Capturing, carnivorous plant, carry, Cartel ship, catch, chaser, checkers, Citigradae, Cleopatra, color, colour, combat mission, cross sectiondeadening, defeated, disappointed, discomfited, draughts, Drosophyllum lusitanicum, dulleluding, elusion, elusive, Ethan Allen, evasivefoiled, Free ships, frustratedgo, go game, grabhen hawk, ho-hum, Hornet fly, Hunt, huntingidea, irksomelime, lossMadrague, mindpersonnel casualty, Piscicapture, plunder, prisoner's base, Procrustes, pursuer, pursuingrecapture, retake, rusesack, sarcodine, sarcodinian, seize, slip, slow, surpriserTancred, Tasso, tedious, Thief taker, thwarted, tiresome, To get away with, To gobble up, To lay for, To make prize of, To seize on, Torquato TassouninterestingnessWarrior ant, wearisome. (references)
Specialty definitions using "capture": data capture, Data Capture Management Information System, Data Capture Services ContractElectron Capturename capture, Neutron captureradiative captureschematic capture. (references)
Etymologies containing "capture": Prisage. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Capture" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses.

French (capture, captures, catch, recapture, seizure).

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Modern Usage: Capture

DomainUsage

Screenplays

We're here about to capture this alligator right behind us, The trick to capturing this guy is to put your arms around his neck (Dr. Dolittle 2; writing credit: Larry Levin)

Alas indeed, for I thought you the highest poet of my esteem and writter of plays that capture my heart (Shakespeare in Love; writing credit: Marc Norman; Tom Stoppard)

We've made living biological attractions so astounding that they'll capture the imagination of the entire planet (Jurassic Park; writing credit: Michael Crichton)

I have sworn to capture this man with all legal powers at my disposal and I will do so. (The Untouchables; writing credit: Oscar Fraley; Eliot Ness)

So rare to capture one alive (The Silence of the Lambs; writing credit: Ted Tally)

Lyrics

Better go capture this moment and hope it don't pass him (Lose Yourself; performing artist: EMINEM)

Would you capture it, or just let it slip (Lose Yourself; performing artist: EMINEM)

They still fail to capture you (My Baby You; performing artist: Marc Anthony)

Movie/TV Titles

Capture the Sun (1973)

The Capture (1950)

Capture (1932)

The Capture of a Sea Elephant and Hunting Wild Game in the South Pacific Islands (1914)

Hawkeye's Great Capture (1913)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Capture

DomainTitle

Books

  • I Capture the Castle (reference)

  • Takedown: The Pursuit and Capture of Kevin Mitnick, America's Most Wanted Computer Outlaw-By the Man Who Did It (reference)

  • The Axemaker's Gift: Technology's Capture and Control of Our Minds and Culture (reference)

  • The Capture of Attu: A World War II Battle As Told by the Men Who Fought There (reference)

  • The New Secrets of Charisma : How to Capture the Magic Skills of Leaders & Lovers (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

  

Theater & Movies

  • Great Escape-Movies Capture Our Hearts (reference)

  • The Capture of Grizzly Adams (reference)

    (more DVD examples; more video examples)

  

Music

  

High Tech

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Capture

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Photo Album: Capture

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Three Crew Members Capture Intelsat VI. Credit: NASA.

Intelsat VI Capture Attempt. Credit: NASA.

The Hubble telescope continues to capture stunning, colorful snapshots of stellar burnout. ... Credit: NASA.

A fog sampler mounted on the bow of the PEIRCE Fog sampler was designed to capture mist droplets Fog captured would be analyzed for acid content. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Tuna purse seiner is deploying net with assistance of workboat which is seen at far end of net. The workboat will pull the net in a circle to capture the tuna. Credit: Fisheries.

Helicopter eye view of ship pulling net in circle to capture tuna. Workboat is in lower center of photo and is holding the end of the net. Credit: Fisheries.

A picture of the nets used to capture fish before transporting them to their spawning areas. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

Padilla Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. The Hooded Nudibranch, Melibe leonina, is also called the Lion Nudibranch. This mollusk is almost transparent with a slight yellowish-green cast. Unlike other nudibranchs, Melibe have no radula and M. Leonina has no jaws. It uses its oral hood, lined with 2 rows of tentacles to capture prey. Found in offshore kelpbeds and eelgrass meadows. Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR).

Delicate crinoid can orient towards the current to increase food capture. Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP).

Lobster tangled in a gillnet intended to capture cod and other groundfish. Homarus americanus. Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP).

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Digital Photo Gallery: Capture
 

"Capture" by Keith M.
Commentary: "Seld explainatory."
"Japanese well" by Samy Yang
Commentary: "This is a Japanese well. I wanted to capture the water falling from the spout, but my camera didn't catch it very nicely. Oh well. I still like it. ."

Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

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Sounds Captioned with "Capture".

PlayCaption
Buzz; click; shot; capture; film; radiography; radiographic; radiologist.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Familiar Quotations: Capture

AuthorQuotation

Laurence Sterne

Lessons of wisdom have the most power over us when they capture the heart through the groundwork of a story, which engages the passions.

Louis A. Allen

A plan is a trap laid to capture the future.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Historic Usage: Capture

AuthorDateQuotation

Treaty of Versailles

1919

She equally renounces all claims arising out of the capture and condemnation of German ships in China, or the liquidation, sequestration or control of German properties, rights and interests in that country since August 14, 1917. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: Capture

TitleAuthorQuote

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

After the capture of La Haie Sainte, the battle wavered

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Capture

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Don’t allow your cats and dogs to wander freely or to capture and eat rodents. (references)

Specialized molecules capture glucose molecules from blood and shuttle them into the neurons. (references)

If professional assistance is unavailable, use precautions to capture the bat safely, as described below. (references)

Business

Strategic alliances are also a practical method to capture market share. (references)

From 1960 to 1998, the capture of fish has increased by over 900 percent. (references)

U.S. firms will also have to be competitive in prices in order to capture a larger market. (references)

Civil Liberties

Italy

Most illegal migrants paid fees to smugglers and some risked death because smugglers at times unload their human cargo at sea to avoid capture by patrol boats. (references)

Sri Lanka

Following the Government's capture of Jaffna in 1995, the LTTE began to allow persons to move more freely into government-controlled areas, although it still extracts a small fee for "travel passes" to leave the Vanni, and it rarely allows entire families to leave at once. (references)

Iran

In March 2000, immediately after the success of reformers to capture a majority of seats in Parliament in the February 2000 parliamentary elections, the outgoing Parliament passed amendments to the Press Law that gave the Press Court increased procedural and jurisdictional power. (references)

Economic History

Uzbekistan

An aggressive advertising campaign has helped capture the market very easily. (references)

Norway

American companies have excellent opportunities to capture a significant share of these contract awards. (references)

Russia

Yeltsin ordered the army to respond with force to capture the parliament building (known as the White House). (references)

Human Rights

Afghanistan

During the offensive to capture Taloqan, Taliban aircraft bombed the city many times. (references)

Colombia

The authorities continued to seek the capture of marine Sergeant Francisco Duarte Zuniga. (references)

Afghanistan

Taliban forces reportedly also took hundreds of persons after the capture of Yakawlang the same month. (references)

Political Economy

Colombia

Despite increased government efforts to combat and capture members of paramilitary groups, security forces also often failed to take action to prevent paramilitary attacks. (references)

Afghanistan

Taliban leader Mullah Omar and al-Qaida leader Usama bin Ladin remained fugitives at year's end, and U.S. military operations continued in an effort to capture and detain remaining Taliban and al-Qaida fighters. (references)

Argentina

In an effort to rally public support, the generals launched an unsuccessful military campaign to capture the Falkland Islands (the Malvinas) from the British in 1982. In the wake of the generals' defeat, democracy was restored to the country in 1983. (references)

Trade

Burma

The GOB's motivation for many of these restrictions appears to be an effort to capture scarce foreign exchange. (references)

Costa Rica

These offshore entities are not permitted to capture deposits or lend money within Costa Rica, though they cater to Costa Rican clients. (references)

Burma

The black market Hondi banking network captures a large share of foreign currency transactions, as individuals attempt to circumvent the ten percent tax imposed on foreign currency deposits in state banks and to capture the more favorable market exchange rate of the kyat. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Spoken Usage: Capture

SpeakerPhrase(s)

Ronald Reagan

Well, I think that it is really a situation that should capture everyone's interest, and I think that a lot of things are being over emphasized and maybe some of them under emphasized in this.

Rush Limbaugh

One of the reasons for the speech was to capture attention away from the hearings, to project the President as a man of action doing something about this in the midst of the Congress attacking the very agencies charged with protecting us.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Speeches: Capture

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

James Madison

1809-1817On Lake Erie, the squadron under command of Captain Perry having met the British squadron of superior force, a sanguinary conflict ended in the capture of the whole.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Capture

"Capture" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 57.98% of the time. "Capture" is used about 1,303 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Lexical Verb (infinitive)57.98%7559,055
Noun (singular)32.67%42613,430
Lexical Verb (base form)8.9%11629,969
Noun (proper)0.46%6143,867
                    Total100.00%1,303N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Capture

Expressions using "capture": boron neutron capture therapy capture effect electron capture detector ILS beam capture instrument landing system capture name capture Neutron Capture Therapy radiative capture river capture schematic capture stram capture take hostage capture. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "capture": capture-recapture.

Ending with "capture": electron-capture, prey-capture, re-capture.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Capture

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

video capture

1,752

capture nikon

60

screen capture

1,051

keystroke capture

60

video capture card

771

free screen capture

58

capture card

608

analog video capture

57

capture

389

motion capture

54

video capture software

266

electronic data capture

53

capture streaming video

166

dv capture

52

data capture

160

capture sound

51

screen capture software

146

tv capture card

46

video screen capture

125

analog video capture card

46

tv capture

116

capture flash

45

audio and capture

113

dvd screen capture

43

video capture device

110

capture streaming audio

39

usb video capture

104

web capture

39

i capture the castle

85

packet capture

38

image capture

84

bar code data capture

38

capture the flag

75

avi capture

37

dvd capture

74

capture one

36

3 capture nikon

71

data capture system

35

web cam capture

69

free video capture software

35
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Capture

Language Translations for "capture"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Afrikaans

  

vat (captivate, catch, get, grapple, lay, lay hold of, pick, pick up, start off, take), vang (captivate, catch, grapple), beetvat (captivate, catch, grapple), beetpak (captivate, catch, clutch, grapple), beetneem (captivate, catch, clutch, fool, grapple, hoax, mystify, take, take in, trick), beetkry (captivate, catch, grapple), beetgryp (captivate, catch, clutch, grapple). (various references)

   

Albanian

  

zënie (affray, blockage, fight, occupancy, occupation, quarrel, strife, wrangling), zë rob (take prisoner), tërheq (allure, appeal, arrest, attract, bewitch, call attention to, catch, charm, daggle, dangle, decoy, drag, draggle, draw, draw out, engage, entice, fetch, fix, haul, heave, invite, jerk, lure, pluck, prepossess, pull, pull out, recall, retract, revoke, stretch, take back, tow, tug, web, withdraw), pushtim (conquest, invasion, jaw, mastership, seizing, seizure, take over, taking), plaçkë e kapur, kap rob, kap (affect, apprehend, arrest, attack, avail oneself of, captivate, catch, catch on, catch out, catch up, clasp, clutch, cop, embrace, gain, get, get hold of, grab, grapple, grasp, grip, gripe, handle, have, hitch, hold, hook, intercept, nab, nail, nip, nobble, overcome, overtake, pick up, pinch, reach, rummage out, seize, snap, snatch, soak up, swoop, tackle, take, track down, unhang), bëj për vete (absorb, allure, conciliate, ingratiate, magnetize, prepossess). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏قبض على (apprehend, catch, clasp, clutch, grab, grapple, grasp, grip, hold, seize upon, take hold of), ‏غنيمة (booty, haul, loot, plunder, prey, prize, spoil, swag, take, trophy), ‏سبي (captivity), ‏سبى (captivate, enchant, take prisoner), ‏إستولى (annex, appropriate, be purchased, carry, collar, jump, latch, possess, requisition, seize, snatch, take, take up), ‏أسر شئ, ‏أسر (captivate, captivity, catch, enthralling, intrigue, prison, seize, seizure, servitude, take, take prisoner). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

хващам (catch, clamp, find out, get, grab, grapple, grasp, grip, gripe, hook, hunt down, land, nail, nip, nobble, pick up, pot, prey upon, run down, seize, snag, strike, take, take effect, take up, track down), заграбване (grab, usurpation), превземам (take), приза, пленяване, пленявам (captivate, charm, enchant, enslave, fascinate, ravish, snow, take captive, take prisoner), пленник (captive, prisoner, prisoner of war). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

虜獲 , (step on), 捕获, 捕拿 (arrest, catch), (adhere, restrain), . (various references)

   

Czech

  

chytit (catch, catch fire, clutch, field, get, grasp, ignite, light, pick up, seize, take, take a fire, take fire), chycení (catch, seizure, troll), upoutat (become engrossed in reading, captivate, catch his eye, fix, grip, tie down), dobýt (conquer, gain, take), dobytí (conquest, storm, taking), dopadení (seizure), dopadnout (apprehend, go over, hound down, hunt down, land, pitch, receive, seize, strike), přepadení (assault, attack, hijacking, hold up, onslaught), ukořistìní, upoutání, zaujmutí, vzít (accept, take), vzbuzení, vzetí, zajetí (captivity), zajmout (take prisoner), získaní, získat (acquire, cajole, carry off, come by, conciliate, drum up, elicit, enlist, gain, get, make, notch up, obtain, pick up, piece up, procure, pull, raise, score, secure, take, win), zatknout (apprehend, arrest, seize), ulovení. (various references)

   

Danish

  

fange (captivate, catch, grapple). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

vangst (catch, prey), pakken (captivate, catch, clutch, get, grapple, lay hold of, pack, package, pick up, take, wrap up), beetnemen (captivate, catch, clutch, fool, grapple, hoax, mystify, take in, trick). (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

kapti (catch, grapple). (various references)

   

Faeroese

  

handbera (captivate, catch, grapple), fanga (captivate, catch, grapple). (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

گرفتن (Catch, Cease, Circle, Detract, Devest, Educe, Engage, Front, Grab, Gripe, Hold, Kindle, Nail, Obtain, Obturate, Pickup, Snatch, Take, Wed), تسخیر, اسیرکردن (Captivate, Enthral), دستگیری (Charity). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

kaappaus (coup, hijacking). (various references)

   

French

  

capturer (captivate, catch), capture (captures, catch), attraper (captivate, catch, catch at). (various references)

   

Frisian

  

fange (captivate, catch, grapple). (various references)

   

German

  

einfangen (hive, round up, snare, to capture, to trap, trap), Fangen (bag, captivate, catch, cope, entrap, grapple, net, snare, tag, take, to catch, to trap, trap, trick), fang (catch, Fang, fishing, haul, hunting, pounce, prey, scoop, talon, trapping), erfassen (apprehend, catch, comprehend, cover, gather, grasp, include, realize, record, register, seize, take in, to acquire, to apprehend, to capture, to gather, to realize, to record, understand), erbeuten (achieve, acquire, attain, captivate, carry off, catch, get, get away with, grapple, obtain, pillage, prey on). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

σύλληψη (apprehension, arestment, arrest, catch, conception, prehension, seizure), αιχμαλωτίζω (captivate). (various references)

   

Hawaiian

  

kap (captivate, catch, grapple). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

ללכוד (catch, entrap, hook, hunt down, track down, trap), לכידה (trapping), לכד (net, snare, trap), לצוד (angle, captivate, catch, gun, seize, shoot), תפיסה (apprehension, cop, grasp, hold, occupation, outlook, perception, seizure, snatch), כבוש (canned, conquest, occupation, occupied, pickled, preserved, pressed, subjugation). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

zsákmányolás (pillage, plunder, predation). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

menawan (bid, elegant), menangkap (absorb, arrest, catch, cop, detain, grab), memboyong (move), bekuk (arrest, bend in two, swindle), arestasi (detention). (various references)

   

Italian

  

prendere (assume, be taken, buy, captivate, catch, charge, earn, employ, engage, fetch, gather, get, grapple, grasp, grip, have, lay, lay hold of, pick up, seize, subsume, take, take along, to take), cattura (capturing, catch, collection, haul, lock-on). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

逮捕 (apprehension, arrest), 捕獲 (seizure), 捕縛 (apprehension, arrest), 占領 (have a room to oneself, occupation, possession). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

たいほ (apprehension, arrest, degenerate, your personal name), のっとり (hijack, skyjacking, takeover), ほそく (complement, pacing off, seizure, supplement, supplementary rules), ほばく (apprehension, arrest), ほかく (conservatism and progressivism, conservatives and reformists, seizure, supplement), せんりょう (1000 ryou, dose, dyes, have a room to oneself, member of parliament, occupation, possession), いけどり, こうりゃく (omitting the rest), キャプチャー , ろかく (plunder, seizure), とりもの (arrest), だほ (seizure), (arrest, degenerating, exchange, exorcism, lapsing into). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

붙잡음 (Catching). (various references)

   

Malay

  

tangkap (captivate, catch, grapple), menangkap (captivate, catch, grapple). (various references)

   

Manx

  

taartyn (capturing), spooilley (booty, despoil, despoliation, loot, pillage, plunder, plundering, prey, rape, ravage, ravaging, rob, sack, spoil, undo as scheme), griu (booty, depredation, evidence, loot, prize), goaill (acceptance, affect, apprehend, apprehension, arrest, assumption, assumption of office, bring off, catch, contract, contract as disease, contraction, distrain, draw off, engage, expropriation, impound, preoccupation, reduce, seizure, take), cragh (booty, depredation, devastation, disaster, doom, foray, havoc, loot, plunder, prey, prize, ravishment, sack, scoop, spoil). (various references)

   

Norwegian

  

gripe (captivate, catch, grab, grapple, grasp, grip), fange (captivate, catch, convict, grapple). (various references)

   

Papiamen

  

kèch (captivate, catch, grapple, realize, understand), fangu (captivate, catch, grapple), fango (captivate, catch, grapple). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

apturecay.(various references)

   

Polish

  

chwytać (captivate, catch, grapple), łapać (captivate, catch, grapple). (various references)

   

Portuguese

  

capturar (arrest, carry, catch, collar, get hold of, grapple, prize, seize), captura (apprehension, arrest, seizure). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

prinde (acquire, apprehend, attach, bind, book, captivate, catch, catch hold of, clasp, clot, comprehend, cop, Curdle, engage, ferret, find out, fish, fix, get hold of, grapple, grasp, grip, gripe, grow, hang, have, hit, hitch, intercept, nail, nip, overhear, pin down, reach, recruit, regain, round up, seize, set, shut, stitch, strike, succeed, tack, take, tie, work), captura (captivate, carry the prize, catch, grab, grapple, land, seize, take). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

схватить (catch, clutch, get, get hold of, grapple, gripe, nab, nail, nip, seize, snap up, snatch, tackle), взять в плен (take captive, take prisoner), взятие в плен, захватывать сбор, захват (caption, catch, dog, grab, grapnel, grip, hold, hug, jaw, lockout, seizure, take over, taking), приз (prize, trophy), поймать (catch, catch hold of, caught 2, hunt down, land, lime, nab, nail, pin down, snaffle bit), поимка (catch, cop), пленение (captivity), добыча (catch, crop, digging, haul, kill, loot, out-turn, plunderage, quarry, ravin, recovery, spoil, swag). (various references)

   

Scottish

  

glac (captivate, catch, catch hold of, grapple, hollow, seize, take, valley; hollow of the hand). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

zauzeti (carry by, gain, occupy, overrun, seize, strike, take), zauzeće, zarobljavanje, zapleniti (confiscate, loot, prise, prize, seize, sequester), uhvatiti (catch his eye, collar, get, grab, grasp, grip, lay hold of, net, run down, seize), osvojiti (conquer, master, overrun, seize, take, win), hvatanje (bite, catch, interception, prehension, seizing, seizure, snap), hapšenje (arrest, immurement, pickup, round up). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

coger (accept, arrest, bag, captivate, catch, catch hold of, clutch, cop, develop, fetch, frig, gather, get, get hold of, go down, grab, grapple, grasp, grip, hit off, hold, hook, hunch, imbibe, land, lay hold of, lift, nab, nail, nobble, pick, pick up, pinch, pluck, seize, take, take on, take out, take up, toss, touch, treat, trip, trip up, yank off), capturar (catch, prize, snare), captura (apprehension, arrest, catch, seizure, trapping), asir (captivate, catch, catch at, catch in, catch up, clench, clutch, grab, grapple, grasp, grip, seize, snatch, tackle, take, touch). (various references)

   

Sranan

  

fanga (captivate, catch, grapple). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

fånga (arrest, bag, captivate, catch, corral, engage, enmesh, fetch, fish, grapple, hive, rivet, rope, seize, trap), uppbringa (obtain, seize), tillfångata, kap (bargain, Cape, catch, foreland, killing, prey, scoop), erövra (carry, conquer, seize, take, win). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

zaptetmek (bridle, contain, govern, hold back, hold down, hold in, keep down, possess oneself of, reave, seize, stifle, subjugate, suppress, swallow), zaptetme (repression), tutsak etmek, ganimet almak (make prize of, prize, seize), ganimet (booty, godsend, loot, pillage, plunder, prize, spoil, trophy), esir almak (take captive, take prisoner, take smb. prisoner), esir alma, esir (bond slave, bondman, bondslave, bondsman, captive, helot, prisoner, slave, thrall), ele geçirmek (conquer, corner, embrace, get, get hold of, hunt down, invade, lay hold of, pinch, possess oneself of, seize, take, take possession of, win), ele geçirme (interception, seizure, take over, taking), el koymak (appropriate, arrest, attach, commandeer, condemn, distrain, distrain on, distrain up, distress, embargo, hold, impound, impress, levy, requisition, seise, seize, sequester, sequestrate, take the action, usurp, vest), almak (accept, accomplish, achieve, acquire, admit, assume, attain, borrow, buy, collect, come in, conquer, divest smb. of, draw, enter on, enter upon, enucleate, excise, extract, fetch, gain, garner, get, govern, have, help oneself to, hold, induct, lay hold of, let in, obtain, occupy, pick up, pull off, purchase, put on, receive, seat, seize, sweep off, take, take from, take in, take on, take over, take up, to buy, withdraw, wreak), çekim alanına almak. (various references)

   

Turkmen 

  

eяelemek (conquer, gain). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

захоплення (admiration, applause, catch, delight, dementia, ecstasy, encroachment, enthusiasm, grab, gust, hold, interest, mania, occupation, pre emption, rapture), полонення, поглинення (absorption, merger, occlusion), привабити, привернути (catch), брати в полон (bag, captivate), здобич (bag, booty, catch, kill, loot, plunder, prey, quarry, ravin, swag), полонити (bewitch, captivate, charm), захопити (bear away, catch, clinch, collar, cop, rap, take by storm, win), схопити (bag, grip, gripe, nip, nobble, reach at, take hold, whip away, yank), захоплювати силою, взяття (taking), взяття в полон (captivity), трофей (prize, trophy), спіймання (catch, cop, recapture, taking), спіймати (catch, cop, get, hunt down, nobble, recapture, seize, snaffle), завоювати (bear away, vanquish). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

vật bị bắt, sự giành được người bị bắt, sự bắt giữ (arrestment), sự bị bắt sự đoạt được. (various references)

   

Welsh

  

dal (arrest, catch, continue, grapple, hold, last). (various references)

   

Yucatec

  

chukik (captivate, catch, grapple). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Capture

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

capere, captura, excipio, occupabit, occupans, occupare, occuparentur, occupastis, occupate, occupati, occupatis, occupaverat, occupaverunt, occupaveruntque, occupavit, occupet, prendere, prendidistis. (various references)

Anglo-French1100-1600

cachier. (various references)

Middle French1400-1600

capture. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Capture

Derivations

Words beginning with "capture": captured, capturer, capturers, captures. (additional references)

Words ending with "capture": recapture. (additional references)

Words containing "capture": recaptured, recaptures. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Capture" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: calture, Cantyre, captare, captoe, captur, capturn, capute, casture, catire, catur, cauture, coture, cuture, Kanturek. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Capture"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "capture" (pronounced ka"pkher)
5k a" p kh errecapture.
4-a" p kh erenrapture, rapture.
3-p kh errupture, Scripture, sculpture.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Capture

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-e-p-r-t-u"

-1 letter: acuter, apercu, carpet, curate, preact, precut, teacup, uprate, uptear.

-2 letters: acute, apter, caper, caput, caret, carte, cater, crape, crate, crept, cruet, curet, cuter, epact, eruct, erupt, pacer, pareu, pater, peart, prate, pruta, react, recap, recta, recut, taper, taupe, trace, truce, urate.

-3 letters: acre, aper, cape, care, carp, cart, cate, crap, cure, curt, cute.

 Words containing the letters "a-c-e-p-r-t-u"
 

+1 letter: captured, capturer, captures, outcaper.

 

+2 letters: capturers, outcapers, outpreach, parachute, peculator, recapture.

 

+3 letters: apiculture, hyperacute, metacarpus, operculate, outcapered, parachuted, parachutes, pasticheur, peculators, perceptual, precaution, purtenance, recaptured, recaptures, recuperate, speculator, subchapter, uncarpeted.

 

+4 letters: acupuncture, apicultures, aponeurotic, champertous, counterpane, counterpart, counterplan, counterplay, counterplea, exculpatory, hyperacuity, intercampus, neuropathic, operculated, outcapering, outpreached, outpreaches, particulate, pasticheurs, peculiarity, pococurante, precautions, prefectural, procrustean, proctodaeum, provocateur, purtenances, recapturing, recuperated, recuperates, reduplicate, spectacular, specularity, speculators, subchapters, superjacent, supremacist, therapeutic, thunderclap.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Images: Photo Album
8. Images: Digital Art
9. Sounds
10. Quotations: Familiar
11. Quotations: Historic
12. Quotations: Fiction
13. Quotations: Non-fiction
14. Quotations: Spoken
15. Quotations: Speeches
16. Usage Frequency
17. Expressions
18. Expressions: Internet
19. Translations: Modern
20. Translations: Ancient
21. Derivations
22. Rhymes
23. Anagrams
24. Bibliography


  

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