capture

noun

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

Something that has been captured; a captive.

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

The recording or storage of something for later playback.

(computing, regular expressions) A particular match found for a pattern in a text string.

verb

(transitive) To take control of; to seize by force or stratagem.

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

(transitive, figurative) To take hold of.

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

(transitive) To reproduce convincingly.

Roots

capiocapt- · Latin · take, seize

Synonyms for capture

seizev catchv apprehendv nabv grabv getv seizuren snatchv arrestn

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Where does capture come from?

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