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Definition: Capture |
CaptureNoun1. 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. Verb1. 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) |
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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) |
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Synonyms: CaptureSynonyms: 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) |
| Context | Synonyms 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. | |
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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) | |
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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). |
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| "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. ." |
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| Buzz; click; shot; capture; film; radiography; radiographic; radiologist. | |
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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. |
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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) |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | After the capture of La Haie Sainte, the battle wavered |
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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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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. |
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James Madison | 1809-1817 | On 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. |
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| "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 Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 57.98% | 755 | 9,055 |
| Noun (singular) | 32.67% | 426 | 13,430 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 8.9% | 116 | 29,969 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.46% | 6 | 143,867 |
| Total | 100.00% | 1,303 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
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. | |
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Beginning with "capture": capture-recapture. | |
Ending with "capture": electron-capture, prey-capture, re-capture. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| 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. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency 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 |
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| 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 , 跴 (step on), 捕获, 捕拿 (arrest, catch), 拘 (adhere, restrain), 擒 . (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), だ (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. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | capere, captura, excipio, occupabit, occupans, occupare, occuparentur, occupastis, occupate, occupati, occupatis, occupaverat, occupaverunt, occupaveruntque, occupavit, occupet, prendere, prendidistis. (various references) |
| Anglo-French | 1100-1600 | cachier. (various references) |
| Middle French | 1400-1600 | capture. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
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) | |
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"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). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "capture" (pronounced ka"pkher) |
| 5 | k a" p kh er | recapture. |
| 4 | -a" p kh er | enrapture, rapture. |
| 3 | -p kh er | rupture, Scripture, sculpture. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
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. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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