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capture
English
- 🔊 the act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property
- 🔊 the removal of an opponent's piece from the chess board
- 🔊 the act of taking of a person by force
- 🔊 any process in which an atomic or nuclear system acquires an additional particle
- 🔊 a process whereby a star or planet holds an object in its gravitational field
- 🔊 capture as if by hunting, snaring, or trapping“I caught a rabbit in the trap today”
- 🔊 succeed in representing or expressing something intangible“capture the essence of Spring”
- 🔊 attract“She captured all the men's hearts”
- 🔊 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”
- 🔊 take possession of by force, as after an invasion“the invaders seized the land and property of the inhabitants”
- 🔊 succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase“We finally got the suspect”
Spanish
- 🔊 captura capture
- 🔊 presa capture
- 🔊 atrapar to capture
- 🔊 captación capture, capturing
- 🔊 cautivar to capture, to win over
- 🔊 plagiar to capture, abduct, kidnap
- 🔊 arrear to capture, take (by force)
- 🔊 captar to capture, perceive, register, understand