Meaning

5 senses
  1. (transitive)To take control of; to seize by force or stratagem.

    to capture an enemy, a vessel, or a criminal

    fangen, einfangen, ergreiffen

    захва́тыватьzaxvátyvatʹ, захвати́тьzaxvatítʹ, брать в пленbratʹ v plen

    захо́плюватиzaxópljuvaty, полони́тиpolonýty, бра́ти в поло́нbráty v polón

    take possession of by force, as after an invasion

  2. (figuratively, transitive)To take hold of.

    The paintings in the gallery really captured my imagination.

  3. (transitive)To store (as in sounds or image) for later revisitation.

    She captured the sounds of a subway station on tape.

    She captured the details of the fresco in a series of photographs.

    запи́сыватьzapísyvatʹ, записа́тьzapisátʹ

    записа́тиzapysáty, запи́суватиzapýsuvaty

  4. (transitive)To reproduce convincingly.

    His film adaptation captured the spirit of the original work.

    In her latest masterpiece, she captured the essence of Venice.

    ула́вливатьulávlivatʹ, улови́тьulovítʹ

  5. (transitive)To remove or take control of an opponent’s piece in a game (e.g., chess, go, checkers).

    My pawn was captured.

    He captured his opponent’s queen on the 15th move.

    братьbratʹ, взятьvzjatʹ, овладева́тьovladevátʹ

    заволоді́тиzavolodíty, погли́нутиpohlýnuty

Examples

379 sentences
  1. I captured butterflies with a net.

    Я спіймав метеликів сачком.

    ruЯ наловил сачком бабочек.

    deIch habe Schmetterlinge mit einem Netz gefangen.

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  2. I was captured.

    Мене взяли у полон.

    ruМеня взяли в плен.

    deIch wurde gefangen.

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  3. We were captured.

    Нас схопили.

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  4. I've been captured.

    Мене зловили.

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  5. We captured the thief.

    Ми схопила вора.

    deWir haben den Dieb geschnappt.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 3
take control of:
store, record:
remove or take control of opponent’s piece:
Русский
By meaning 4
take control of:
store, record:
reproduce convincingly:
remove or take control of opponent’s piece:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
take control of:

Origin

Borrowed from Middle French capture (noun), from Latin captūra. Displaced native Old Engli

Borrowed from Middle French capture (noun), from Latin captūra. Displaced native Old English fenġ (noun) and ġefōn (verb).

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Forms

captures, capturing, captured, captured
Base formcapture · to capture
3rd person singularcaptures
Present participlecapturing
Past simplecaptured
Past participlecaptured

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theycapture
he, she, itcaptures

Past simpleLesson

all personscaptured

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave captured
he, she, ithas captured

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill capture

Synonyms

31 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

5 antonyms

Word family

44 related words

See also

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