Meaning of capture in English | Powered by Free Dictionary API

noun

• An act of capturing; a seizing by force or stratagem.

• The securing of an object of strife or desire, as by the power of some attraction.

  Example: the capture of a lover's heart

• Something that has been captured; a captive.

• The recording or storage of something for later playback.

  Example: video capture

• A particular match found for a pattern in a text string.

verb

• To take control of; to seize by force or stratagem.

  Example: to capture an enemy, a vessel, or a criminal

• To store (as in sounds or image) for later revisitation.

  Example: She captured the details of the fresco in a series of photographs.

• To reproduce convincingly.

  Example: His film adaptation captured the spirit of the original work.

• To remove or take control of an opponent’s piece in a game (e.g., chess, go, checkers).

  Example: He captured his opponent’s queen on the 15th move.