Meaning

5 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)An act of capturing; a seizing by force or stratagem.

    Fang, Festnahme, Gefangennahme

    захва́тzaxvát, плене́ниеplenénije, пои́мкаpoímka

    захо́пленняzaxóplennja, поло́ненняpolónennja

    the act of taking of a person by force

  2. (countable, uncountable)The securing of an object of strife or desire, as by the power of some attraction.

    the capture of a lover’s heart

  3. (countable, uncountable)Something that has been captured; a captive.

    пле́нникplénnik, пле́нницаplénnica, пле́нныйplénnyj

    полоне́ннийpolonénnyj, бра́нецьbránecʹ, полоне́ннаpolonénna

  4. (countable, uncountable)The recording or storage of something for later playback.

    video capture

  5. (countable, uncountable)A particular match found for a pattern in a text string.

Examples

379 sentences
  1. I captured butterflies with a net.

    Я спіймав метеликів сачком. — ChickenKiev

    ruЯ наловил сачком бабочек. — marafon

    deIch habe Schmetterlinge mit einem Netz gefangen. — Manfredo

  2. I was captured.

    Мене взяли у полон. — ascolto

    ruМеня взяли в плен. — Biga

    deIch wurde gefangen. — juwu

  3. We were captured.

    Нас схопили. — deniko

  4. I've been captured.

    Мене зловили. — deniko

  5. We captured the thief.

    Ми схопила вора. — deniko

    deWir haben den Dieb geschnappt. — al_ex_an_der

Translations

6 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
act of capturing:
something that has been captured:
Русский
By meaning 2
act of capturing:
something that has been captured:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
act of capturing:

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

plural: captures
Singularcapture
Pluralcaptures

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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