capture

Definitions


[ˈkaptʃə], (Verb)

Definitions:
- take into one's possession or control by force
(e.g: the island was captured by Australian forces in 1914)

- record accurately in words or pictures
(e.g: she did a series of sketches, trying to capture all his moods)

- cause (data) to be stored in a computer
(e.g: these allow users to capture, edit, and display geographic data)

- absorb (an atomic or subatomic particle)
(e.g: the free electrons were moving too rapidly to be captured by nuclei)

- (of a stream) divert the upper course of (another stream) by encroaching on its catchment area


Phrases:
- capture someone's attention

Origin:
mid 16th century (as a noun): from French, from Latin captura, from capt- ‘seized, taken’, from the verb capere


[ˈkaptʃə], (Noun)

Definitions:
- the action of capturing or of being captured
(e.g: the capture of the city)


Phrases:
- capture someone's attention

Origin:
mid 16th century (as a noun): from French, from Latin captura, from capt- ‘seized, taken’, from the verb capere




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