- capture
- cap|ture1 W3 [ˈkæptʃə US -ər] v [T]▬▬▬▬▬▬▬1¦(person)¦2¦(place/thing )¦3¦(animal)¦4¦(film/record/art)¦5 capture somebody's imagination/attention etc6 capture somebody's heart7¦(business/politics)¦8 capture the headlines9¦(computer)¦10¦(chess)¦▬▬▬▬▬▬▬1.) ¦(PERSON)¦to catch a person and keep them as a prisoner▪ Government troops have succeeded in capturing the rebel leader.▪ 40 captured French soldiers2.) ¦(PLACE/THING )¦to get control of a place or object that previously belonged to an enemy, during a war▪ The town was captured after a siege lasting ten days.▪ The Dutch fleet captured two English ships.3.) ¦(ANIMAL)¦to catch an animal after chasing or following it▪ The tiger was finally captured two miles outside the village.4.) ¦(FILM/RECORD/ART)¦to succeed in recording, showing, or describing a situation or feeling, using words or pictures▪ These photographs capture the essence of working-class life at the turn of the century.▪ The robbery was captured on police video cameras.5.) capture sb's imagination/attention etcto make someone feel very interested in something▪ His stories of foreign adventure captured my imagination.6.) capture sb's heartto make someone love you7.) ¦(BUSINESS/POLITICS)¦to get something that previously belonged to one of your competitors▪ We aim to capture eight percent of the UK wine market.▪ Republicans captured three Senate seats that had been held by Democrats.8.) capture the headlinesto be talked or written about a lot in the newspapers or on television▪ Irvine Welsh first captured the headlines with his novel 'Trainspotting'.9.) ¦(COMPUTER)¦technical to put something in a form that a computer can use▪ The data is captured by an optical scanner.10.) ¦(CHESS)¦to remove one of your opponent's pieces from the board in ↑chesscapture 2capture2 n [U][Date: 1500-1600; : French; Origin: Latin captura, from captus; CAPTIVE1]1.) when you catch someone in order to make them a prisoner▪ The two soldiers somehow managed to avoid capture.2.) when soldiers get control of a place that previously belonged to an enemycapture of▪ the capture of Jerusalem in 10993.) when you get control of something that previously belonged to one of your competitors4.) when you put information into a form a computer can use
Dictionary of contemporary English. 2013.