capture B1 Topic:Actions & Processes US /ˈkɛp.(t)ʃɘː/ UK /ˈkæp.(t)ʃəː/ See IPA manual Freq #3568 Meanings 1 verb To catch a person or animal and hold them as a prisoner. The soldiers captured several enemy fighters during the raid. 2 verb To take control of a place by force. The army captured the city after a long battle. 3 verb To succeed in showing or expressing something in pictures, words, or music. The painting beautifully captures the calm of the lake at dawn. 4 verb To attract and hold someone's attention or interest. The young performer captured the audience's attention at once. 5 noun The act of catching someone or taking a place by force. The capture of the fort was a turning point in the war. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 verb · to catch a person or animal... seizeconquer 2 verb · to take control of a place... appropriateconquerseize 4 verb · to attract and hold... entrance More abductapprehendbegripefanggetgraspgripekidnaprapetake ↔ Opposites liberatereleaserescueunhand Word family Forms capturedcapturescapturing Derived forms aerocapturecapteecapturabilitycapturablecapturelesscavicapturecocaptureencaptureglycocaptureimmunocapturelithocapturemotion-capture Related forms apprehendarrestbootycaptioncaptivatecaptivecaptivitysnapshottake Common collocations capture a moment Verb + noun capture beauty Verb + noun Etymology AI details Borrowed from Middle French capture (noun), from Latin captūra. Displaced native Old English fenġ (noun) and ġefōn (verb). *kap- Proto-Indo-European captūra Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Actions & Processes External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # capture **Type:** Word **Level:** B1 **Part of speech:** verb, noun **IPA (US):** /ˈkɛp.(t)ʃɘː/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈkæp.(t)ʃəː/ **Frequency rank:** 3568 ## Meanings 1. To catch a person or animal and hold them as a prisoner. 2. To take control of a place by force. 3. To succeed in showing or expressing something in pictures, words, or music. 4. To attract and hold someone's attention or interest. 5. The act of catching someone or taking a place by force. ## Examples - The soldiers captured several enemy fighters during the raid. - The army captured the city after a long battle. - The painting beautifully captures the calm of the lake at dawn. - The young performer captured the audience's attention at once. - The capture of the fort was a turning point in the war. ## Synonyms - abduct - apprehend - begripe - fang - get - grasp - gripe - kidnap - rape - seize - take ## Antonyms - liberate - release - rescue - unhand ## Derived Forms - aerocapture - captee - capturability - capturable - captureless - cavicapture - cocapture - encapture - glycocapture - immunocapture - lithocapture - motion-capture ## Related Forms - apprehend - arrest - booty - caption - captivate - captive - captivity - snapshot - take ## Roots and Affixes - Root: *kap- - Root: captūra ## Etymology Borrowed from Middle French capture (noun), from Latin captūra. Displaced native Old English fenġ (noun) and ġefōn (verb). ## AI Etymology Capture was borrowed from Middle French capture (noun), from Latin captūra. Displaced native Old English fenġ (noun) and ġefōn (verb). ## Topics - Actions & Processes markdown