Meaning of capture In English

• 0 to take someone as a prisoner, or to take something into your possession, especially by force:

  • Two of the soldiers were killed and the rest were captured.

  • Rebel forces captured the city after a week-long battle.

  • The Democratic Party candidate captured 70 percent of the vote.

• 1 to represent or describe something very accurately using words or images:

  • It would be impossible to capture her beauty in a painting.

  • A passer-by captured the whole incident on film.

• 2 If something captures your imagination or attention, you feel very interested and excited by it:

  • The American drive to land a man on the Moon captured the imagination/attention of the whole world.

• 3 that act of taking someone as a prisoner, or taking something into your possession, especially by force:

  • People who commit cybercrime often evade capture.

  • They witnessed the capture of the city by rebel troops.

  • Rainwater capture will ensure water conservation is a priority.

• 4 the act of recording or taking a picture of something using a camera, or the recording or picture taken:

  • The device is designed for the capture of visual images.

  • A screen capture of the incident was circulated online.

  • It is important to ensure accuracy in the capture of machine interpretable data.

  • The company develops information capture software.

• 5 to take someone as a prisoner, or to take something into your possession:

  • These birds were captured in the wild in 1987.

• 6 to record sound or images, or to express a feeling:

  • She captured the incident on video.

  • Those songs capture the romantic mood of the movie.

• 7 to succeed in getting something when you are competing with others:

  • capture a large share/10%/30% of the market It was predicted that the internet could capture 5% of the US retail market within three years.

  • They have captured a major position in a worldwide market.

  • A corporation can profit by capturing resources more cheaply.

• 8 if a computer, camera, or other machine captures information, it changes it into a form that it can process and store:

  • New digital video technology makes it possible to capture and store an almost limitless volume of footage at minimal cost.

  • capture data/images/information

• 9 to catch and collect the carbon dioxide produced by machines and processes so that it is not released into the environment:

  • Coal-fired power stations must be retrofitted to capture carbon dioxide.

• 10 the process of changing information into a form that a computer or other machine can process and store:

  • document/image/information capture They develop software tools for document capture and image enhancement.

• 11 the act of catching and collecting carbon dioxide so that it is not released into the environment:

  • Facilities are required to plan for the capture of carbon dioxide in compliance with federal standards.

• 12 the act of winning or getting control of something:

  • The channel may increase subscription fees to pay for its €240 million capture of Champions League screening rights.