capture

capture
[[t]kæ̱ptʃə(r)[/t]]
♦♦♦
captures, capturing, captured
1) VERB If you capture someone or something, you catch them, especially in a war.

[V n] The guerrillas shot down one aeroplane and captured the pilot...

[V n] The whole town celebrated when two tanks were captured...

[V n] King Arthur himself captures the beast and cuts off its head...

[V n from n] The Russians now appear ready to capture more territory from the Chechens.

[V-ed] ...the murders of fifteen thousand captured Polish soldiers.

N-UNCOUNT: oft with poss
Capture is also a noun.

...the final battles which led to the army's capture of the town... The shooting happened while the man was trying to evade capture by the security forces.

2) VERB: no cont If something or someone captures a particular quality, feeling, or atmosphere, they represent or express it successfully.

[V n] Chef Idris Caldora offers an inspired menu that captures the spirit of the Mediterranean...

[V n] Their mood was captured by one who said, `Students here don't know or care about campus issues.'

Syn:
3) VERB If something captures your attention or imagination, you begin to be interested or excited by it. If someone or something captures your heart, you begin to love them or like them very much.

[V n] ...the great names of the Tory party who usually capture the historian's attention.

[V n] ...the issue that has captured the imagination of nearly the whole nation.

[V n] ...one man's undying love for the woman who captured his heart.

4) VERB If an event is captured in a photograph or on film, it is photographed or filmed.

[be V-ed on/in n] The incident was captured on videotape...

[be V-ed] The images were captured by TV crews filming outside the base.

[V n] ...photographers who captured the traumatic scene. [Also V n on/in n]

5) VERB If you capture something that you are trying to obtain in competition with other people, you succeed in obtaining it.

[V n] In 1987, McDonald's captured 19 percent of all fast-food sales...

[V n] The Socialist candidate has captured eighty-five per cent of the vote in the three-way presidential race.

Syn:
win, secure

English dictionary. 2008.

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