Definitions for capture

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capture cap·ture

Spelling: [kap-cher]

IPA: /ˈkæp tʃər/

Capture is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 260 anagrams from letters in capture (aceprtu).

Definitions for capture

noun

1. the act of capturing.
2. the thing or person captured.
3. Physics. the process in which an atomic or nuclear system acquires an additional particle.
4. Crystallography. substitution in a crystal lattice of a trace element for an element of lower valence.

verb (used with object)

1. to take by force or stratagem; take prisoner; seize:
2. to gain control of or exert influence over:
3. to take possession of, as in a game or contest:
4. to represent or record in lasting form:
5. Computers. to enter (data) into a computer for processing or storage. to record (data) in preparation for such entry.

Origin of capture

1535-45; Middle French Latin captūra, equivalent to capt(us) taken (past participle of capere to take) + -ūra -ure

Examples for capture

One would think it was a big handicap you meant to capture this morning.

To prevent this, they were planning the capture of Beauséjour.

It now becomes my aim today to lay siege to this town and capture it.

Generally death was the least penalty that capture entailed.

Nor does the jet have the ability to capture high-definition video, utilize an infra-red pointer.

Family members say he developed also liver cancer after his capture.

I told them of the shooting and capture of Paris and the death of Eisenlord.

Morales made his way to Mexico, where an effort to capture him led to a shootout, which ended with a local cop being killed.

Thankfully, someone was there to capture this “jit going ham,” as the cameraman put it.

Next to the house is the site where Ziad began building a home for his family before his capture.