recapture
See also: recapturé
English
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -æptʃə(ɹ)
Noun
recapture (plural recaptures)
- The act of capturing again.
- The recapture of the escaped prisoner made the news.
- That which is captured back; a prize retaken.
- (finance) The retroactive collection of taxes that were not collectible at the time.
Translations
act of capturing again
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Verb
recapture (third-person singular simple present recaptur, present participle ing, simple past and past participle recaptured)
- To capture something for a second or subsequent time, especially after a loss.
- The warden hoped to recapture the escaped prisoners before they reached the town.
- New engine designs permit the vehicle to recapture the kinetic energy lost through braking.
- 1983, Richard Ellis, The Book of Sharks, Knopf, →ISBN, page 118:
- One specimen of milberti was recaptured after being at liberty for ten years, and it had grown only twenty inches.
- 2012 September 7, Phil McNulty, “Moldova 0-5 England”, in BBC Sport[1]:
- Gerrard was replaced by Michael Carrick at the start of the second half and a sloppy passage of play followed in which England struggled to recapture the momentum and rhythm of their earlier work.
Translations
to capture something for a second time
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French
Noun
recapture f (plural recaptures)
Spanish
Verb
recapture
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of recapturar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of recapturar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of recapturar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of recapturar.
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- Rhymes:English/æptʃə(ɹ)
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