Meaning

3 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The state of being captive.

    held in captivity

    escape from captivity

    Gefangenschaft, Gefangenschaft

    пленplen, нево́ляnevólja, поло́нpolón

    поло́нpolón, нево́ляnevólja

    the state of being a slave

  2. (countable, uncountable)The state or period of being imprisoned, confined, or enslaved.

    long captivity

    the state of being imprisoned

  3. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)A group of people/beings captive.

Examples

24 sentences
  1. He was held in captivity.

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  2. Tom fled from captivity several times.

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  3. The survivors were marched in captivity.

    deDie Überlebenden gingen in Gefangenschaft.

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  4. These rhinos were born in captivity.

    ruЭти носороги родились в неволе.

    deDiese Nashörner wurden in Gefangenschaft geboren.

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  5. This lion was born in captivity.

    ruЭтот лев родился в неволе.

    deDer Löwe wurde in Gefangenschaft geboren.

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Translations

9 languages
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Origin

From Middle English captivite, from Latin captīvitās. By surface analysis, captive + -ity.

From Middle English captivite, from Latin captīvitās. By surface analysis, captive + -ity. Entered into the English lexicon around the 14th century.

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Forms

plural: captivities
Singularcaptivity
Pluralcaptivities

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

5 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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