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Definitions: Recapture |
RecaptureNoun1. A legal seizure by the government of profits beyond a fixed amount. 2. The act of taking something back. Verb1. Experience anew: "She could not recapture that feeling of happiness". 2. Capture anew; "The author recaptures an old idea here". 3. Take back by force, as after a battle; "The military forces managed to recapture the fort". 4. Capture anew. 5. Capture again, as of an escaped prisoner. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "recapture" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1615. (references) |
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Fine Arts | The practice of a network or station in taking over a previously scheduled time period for a special program in the "public interest" convenience or necessity. Also recapture. Source: European Union. (references) |
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Synonyms: RecaptureSynonyms: retaking (n), retake (v). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Recapture |
| English words defined with "recapture": crusade, crusader ♦ Fourth Crusade ♦ remember, retake ♦ think back. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "recapture": Capture-recapture method, Construction recapture ♦ Lincoln index. (references) |
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Screenplays | Of that suppleness you once commanded in your youth, of that strange simplicity which once attracted men to you, neither endures, nor shall you recapture them. (Seven Faces of Dr. Lao; writing credit: Charles G. Finney; Charles Beaumont) | |
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 | Launches a U.S. Marine Corps OY-2 "Sentinel" spotter plane during operations in the Yellow Sea, off the west coast of Korea, 22 September 1950. Sicily was then supporting the campaign to recapture Seoul.Credit: NAVY. |  | At a conference on Guam, 11 August 1944. They are (from left to right): Major General Roy S. Geiger, USMC, who commanded ground forces during the recapture of Guam the month before; Admiral Raymond A. Spruance, USN, Commander, Fifth Fleet; Lieutenant General Holland M. Smith, USMC, who commanded ground forces during the Marianas operation; Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, USN, Commander-in-Chief Pacific Fleet and Pacific Ocean Areas; and Lieutenant General Alexander A. Vandegrift, USMC, Commandant of the Marine Corps. Photographed by TSgt. James N. Carroll, USMC.Credit: NAVY. |
 | The Union Jack being hoisted on an Italian flagpole in Benghazi after the city's recapture, showing British soldiers saluting.Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Attempt of the Rebels to recapture Fort Harrison.Credit: Library of Congress. |
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Robert Browning | That's the wise thrush; he sings each song twice over, lest you should think he never could recapture the first fine careless rapture! |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Javert, in fact, was of great aid in the recapture of Jean Valjean. |
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Human Rights | Solomon Islands | Police have not attempted to recapture the inmates, some of whom reportedly joined the militants. (references) |
Afghanistan | There were reliable reports that Taliban forces fighting to recapture Yakawlang in early January were under instructions from the Taliban leadership to kill prisoners as well as civilian males. (references) | |
Afghanistan | During the May 1999 recapture of Bamiyan by the Taliban, there were reports of systematic killings and summary executions by Taliban forces, as well as reports of hundreds of persons being taken away in Taliban trucks. (references) | |
Political Rights | Suriname | In February the first female member of the Court of Justice was sworn in. Although the Constitution prohibits racial and religious discrimination, several factors limit the participation of Maroons (descendants of escaped slaves who fled to the interior to avoid recapture) and Amerindians in the political process. (references) |
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Andrew Jackson | 1829-1837 | I can not close this communication without bringing to your view the just claim of the representatives of Commodore Decatur, his officers and crew, arising from the recapture of the frigate Philadelphia under the heavy batteries of Tripoli. |
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| "Recapture" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 69.12% of the time. "Recapture" is used about 204 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) | 69.12% | 141 | 26,682 |
| Noun (singular) | 19.12% | 39 | 55,036 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 11.76% | 24 | 71,196 |
| Total | 100.00% | 204 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
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Ending with "recapture": capture-recapture, mark-recapture. | |
| 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 |
recapture | 16 |
depreciation recapture | 15 |
recapture riverfront | 12 |
recapture tax | 11 |
commission recapture | 10 |
lodge recapture | 5 |
broker commission dealer recapture | 5 |
mark recapture | 3 |
capture recapture | 3 |
passion recapture | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "recapture"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | ripushtim, rimarrje, rimarr (recover, regain, retake), rikrijoj (reconstruct), rigjej (recover, retrieve), kapje (apprehension, arrest, attachment, catch, catchment, clasp, clutch, grab, grapple, grasp, grip, gripe, griping, hitch, hold, holding, hook, hug, interception, jaw, prehension, purchase, seizing, snatch, uptake), kap sërish, arrestim (arrest, custody, detention, pinch, seizure, taking). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | لحق (be annexed, catch, regain), حجز (attach, attachment, be taken, bespeak, bond, confine, confinement, constrain, derequisition, detain, detention, distrain, foreclose, have reservations, immure, impound, incarcerate, incarceration, keep, lock, mew, put away, reservation, reserve, restrain, retention, seize, seizure, sequester, sequestration, shut, staunch, stop, tackle), إستولى ثانية, إستعاد (bring back, encore, give back, reconquer, recoup, recover, recuperate, regain, resume, retrieve, scavenge, take), إسترداد الغنائم, إسترداد (recall, reclamation, recovery, retrieval), إسترد (call, evict, get back, give back, recall, reconquer, recoup, recover, recuperate, regain, resume, retake, retrieve, return, take back, withdraw), إعتقال (apprehension, arrest, detention, hold, seizure, sneeze). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | улавям отново, възвърната плячка, възвърнат пленник, възвръщам си (get back, redeem, regain, repossess, resume, retrieve), пленявам отново, изземвам (distrain, distress, expropriate, impress, take over), изживявам отново. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | "復 (recover), 夺回. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | znovu dobyt, znovu chytit, oživit (animate, brighten up, enliven, inspirit, jazz, liven, quicken, reanimate, regenerate, rejuvenate, retrieve, revive, spirit, vitalize, vivify). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | heroveren. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | rekonkeri. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | پس گیری , پس گرفتن (Abalienate, Retreat, Retrieve, Withdraw, Withdrawal), دوباره تسخیرکردن . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | vallata takaisin. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | reprise (recaptured vessel, recharge, recirculation, recovery, regain, renewal, repeat, repetition, reprise, restart, resume, resumed, resumption, retake, retrieval, retry, revival, rework). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | zurückerobern (reconquer, retake, take back, to reconquer, win back), wiedereroberung, wiedererobern, wiederergreifung, wiederergreifen, wiedereinnehmen (retake), wiedereinfangen, wieder wachwerden lassen, wieder gefangennehmen, wieder einfangen, heraufbeschwörung (evocation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | συλλαμβάνω πάλι, ξανασυλλαμβάνω, ανάκτηση (information retrieval, recaption, reclamation, recovery, regain, regaining, regainment, repossession, retrieval), ανακτώ (recover, regain, repossess, restore, retrieve), ανασύλληψη, αναπολώ (conjure up, contemplate, look back, look back on, recollect, reminisce, retrace). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | לשחזר (reconstruct, reproduce, restore), לכבוש מח"ש. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | visszafoglalás. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | menangkap kembali. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | riconquistare (retrieve), riconquista (reconquest, recovery). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 奪回 (recovery, rescue). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | っかい (recovery, rescue, withdrawal), っか" (recovery, rescue). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 탈환하십시". (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | aaghoaill (reconquer, re-engage), aachappeeys. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Papiamen | rekonkistá. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ecaptureray retomar (resume, retake), retomada, recapturar, recaptura, reaver (recover, recuperate, retrieve). (various references) recapturare, recaptura. (various references) снова захватить, то, что взято обратно, взять обратно, взятие обратно, отбить (fight off), захват вновь, поймать беглеца, поимка беглеца. (various references) preotimanje, preoteti, ponovno zarobljavanje. (various references) reconquistar (reconquer, retake, win back), reconquista (reconquest), recobrar (get back, pick up, recoup, recover, regain, repossess, retrieve, win back), recobra, volver a tomar (claw back, reman, retake), volver a prender, hacer revivir (revitalize). (various references) infångande (removal, scavenging, trapping), frambesvärjande, dra sig till minnes (bring to mind), återtagande (recantation, resumption, resumptive), återta (cancel, evict, resume, take back), återerövra, åter infånga. (various references) พบอีก. (various references) yeniden zaptetme, yeniden istila etmek, yeniden ele geçirmek, yeniden alma (retrieval), tekrar ele geçirilen şey, hatırlamak (call to mind, call up, recall, recollect, recur, remember), geri almak (claw back, declare off, draw back, recall, resume, retake, retract, retrieve, revoke, set back, swallow, take back, turn back, withdraw). (various references) спіймати (capture, catch, cop, get, hunt down, nobble, seize, snaffle), спіймання (capture, catch, cop, taking), взяття назад (withdrawal), взяти назад. (various references) vật đoạt lại được. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "recapture": recaptured, recaptures. (additional references) | |
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"Recapture" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: reculture, resuture. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "recapture" (pronounced rēka"pkher) |
| 5 | -k a" p kh er | capture. |
| 4 | -a" p kh er | enrapture, rapture. |
| 3 | -p kh er | rupture, Scripture, sculpture. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-e-p-r-r-t-u" | |
-1 letter: aperture, capturer, creature, recarpet. | |
-2 letters: caperer, capture, caterer, pearter, precure, prerace, rapture, recrate, retrace, taperer, terrace. | |
-3 letters: acuter, apercu, career, carper, carpet, carter, cerate, crater, create, curare, curate, curter, ecarte, parure, perter, prater, preact, precut, reaper, recept, repeat, repute, retape, retear, teacup, tearer, terrae, tracer, uprate, uprear, uptear, ureter. | |
-4 letters: acute, apter, arete, caper, caput, carer, caret, carte, cater, crape, crate, creep, crepe, crept, cruet, crura, curer, curet, cuter, eater, epact, erect, eruct, erupt, etape, pacer, parer, pareu, pater, peace, peart, perea, peter, prate, pruta, puree, purer, racer, raper, rater, react, recap, recta, recur, recut, rupee, taper, tarre, taupe, terce, terra, trace, truce, truer, urare, urate. | |
-5 letters: acre, aper, cape, care, carp, carr, cart, cate, cepe, cere, cete, crap, cure, curr, curt, cute, ecru, pace, pact, pare, parr, part, pate, pear, peat, peer, pert, prat, prau, pree, puce, pure, purr, race, rape, rapt, rare, rate, reap, rear, rete, ruer, tace, tape, tare, tarp, tear, tepa, trap, tree, true, urea. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-e-p-r-r-t-u" | |
+1 letter: recaptured, recaptures, recuperate. | |
+2 letters: prefectural, recuperated, recuperates. | |
+3 letters: protuberance, recuperating, recuperation, recuperative, ultraprecise. | |
+4 letters: counterplayer, protuberances, recuperations. | |
+5 letters: counterplayers, mercaptopurine, premanufacture. | |
| 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. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)52 65 63 61 70 74 75 72 65 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).-. . -.-. .- .--. - ..- .-. . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010010 01100101 01100011 01100001 01110000 01110100 01110101 01110010 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)R e c a p t u r e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0052 0065 0063 0061 0070 0074 0075 0072 0065 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)527169678286878471 |
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