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Related topics: Military, Computers capture capture 2 noun 1 CATCH when you catch someone in order to make them a prisoner The two soldiers somehow managed to avoid capture.

They've captured twenty enemy soldiers.

This gives them overlapping fields of view and the true stereo vision that they need to capture their prey.

Cameras have already captured the image.

Wilson's autobiography neatly captures the atmosphere of the late 19th century.

Many dolphins are accidentally captured in the nets of tuna fishermen.

She had captured his father by promising an elegant uncluttered lifestyle very different from the neglected unhappy home he had come from.

The TV camera captured Dad waving as he left the airplane.

Polay had been captured before, in 1989, but had escaped in July 1990.

At twenty, he went to war against Perugia, where he was captured and imprisoned.

Cole was captured after his plane was shot down outside Hanoi.

The town of Moulineuf was captured after a siege lasting ten days.

The Super Bowl always captures a large audience.

Rebels wounded 1087 soldiers and captured 417.Mayor Agnos captured 28.7% of the vote.In one battle, sources say, the rebels captured 100 tons of ammunition.10 CHESS chess DGB to remove one of your opponent’s pieces from the board in chess → See Verb table Examples from the Corpus capture 8 → capture the headlines 9 TD computer technical to put something in a form that a computer can use The data is captured by an optical scanner. Republicans captured three Senate seats from the Democrats. 5 → capture somebody’s imagination/attention etc 6 → capture somebody’s heart 7 BUSINESS/POLITICS business/politics B to get something that previously belonged to one of your competitors We aim to capture eight percent of the UK wine market. The robbery was captured on police video cameras.

4 BOOK/PAINTING/FILM film/record/art A SHOW/LET somebody SEE something 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. 3 ANIMAL animal CATCH to catch an animal after chasing or following it The tiger was finally captured two miles outside the village. The Dutch fleet captured two English ships. 40 captured French soldiers ► see thesaurus at catch 2 PMA 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. ○ W3 verb 1 CATCH person to catch a person and keep them as a prisoner Government troops have succeeded in capturing the rebel leader.From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Related topics: Army, Arts, Computers, Board games capture cap‧ture 1 / ˈkæptʃə $ -ər /