capture

cap|ture1 [ `kæptʃər ] verb transitive **

▸ 1 catch person/animal

▸ 2 take equipment/place

▸ 3 express how someone/something is

▸ 4 record in movie/photo

▸ 5 in games like chess

▸ 6 put data on computer

▸ + PHRASES

1. ) to catch someone so that they become your prisoner:

Most of the men had been either killed or captured.

a ) to catch an animal:

Police officers finally cornered and captured the dog.

2. ) to get equipment or control of a place from your enemy during a war:

Rebel forces captured the village.

They captured or destroyed over 400 tanks.

a ) to get control of something from an opponent in business or politics:

Japanese firms have now captured over 50% of the market.

Democrats had hoped to capture a larger share of the vote.

3. ) to express what someone or something is really like in a way that people can clearly recognize:

The movie succeeds in capturing the mood of the 1960s.

The artist has captured her perfectly.

4. ) to record an event in a movie or photograph:

The whole incident was captured by a young American photographer.

capture something on film/camera/video: The idea was to capture on film how the countryside was changing.

5. ) in a game such as CHESS, to win the right to remove one of your opponent's pieces

6. ) COMPUTING to put information or pictures into a form that can be used by a computer

capture the headlines

to be the main story in the news

capture someone's heart

to make someone love you

capture someone's interest/imagination/attention etc

to make someone interested in or excited about something:

Her story captured the interest of the world's media.

capture a title

to win an important race or competition

capture

cap|ture 2 [ `kæptʃər ] noun uncount *

1. ) the act of catching someone so that they become your prisoner:

avoid/evade/escape capture: He tried to evade capture by leaving the country.

2. ) the act of getting control of something from your enemy during a war:

The campaign culminated in the capture of Rome.

a ) the act of getting control of something from an opponent in business or politics:

the capture of a huge sector of the satellite TV market

3. ) COMPUTING the process of putting information or pictures into a form that can be used by a computer:

a new system for data capture