capture

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Translations 1.4 Verb 1.4.1 Quotations 1.4.2 Translations 1.5 Derived terms 1.6 Related terms 1.7 See also 2 French 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Noun

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From Middle French capture (noun).

[edit] Pronunciation

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[edit] Noun

capture (plural captures)

1. An act of capturing.
2. Something that has been captured; a captive.

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[edit] Verb

to capture (third-person singular simple present captures, present participle capturing, simple past and past participle captured)

1. To take control of.
2. To remove or take control of from the opponent in a game (e.g., chess, go, checkers)
   • He captured his opponent’s queen on the 15th move.
3. 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.
4. To reproduce convincingly.
   • His film adaptation captured the spirit of the original work.
   • In her latest masterpiece, she captured the essence of Venice.
5. (intransitive) To remove or take control of an opponent’s piece in a game (e.g., chess, go, checkers.)

   My pawn was captured.

[edit] Quotations

• 1954, Fred Reinfeld, How to Be a Winner at Chess, page 63, Hanover House (Garden City, NY)

  How deeply ingrained capturing is in the mind of a chess master can be seen from this story.

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• screen capture
• capture the flag

[edit] Related terms

• captive
• captivity
• caption

[edit] See also

• take
• arrest
• apprehend
• take over
• snapshot

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[edit] French

[edit] Etymology

From Latin captura, from captus (singular first-person subjunctive passive pluperfect of capere).

[edit] Noun

capture f. (plural captures)

1. capture