capture

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to succeed in representing or expressing something intangible

   The symphony captured the essence of summer.

2. 2
   verb

   to attract

   The performance captured the audience's attention.

3. 3
   verb

   to take possession of by force, as after an invasion

   The other team captured our flag.

4. 4
   verb

   to 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

5. 5
   noun

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

   even with regard to captures made at sea

6. 6
   noun

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

   the capture of a lover’s heart

7. 7
   noun

   The recording or storage of something for later playback.

   video capture

8. 8
   noun

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

   After the match […], the text matched within the named capture is available via the Match object's Groups(name) property.

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French capture (noun), from Latin captūra. Displaced native Old English fenġ (noun) and ġefōn (verb).