capture

1. 1.

   the act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property

   Synonymsgaining controlseizure

   Broaderacquiring

   Narrowerusurpationapprehensionconquestenslavement
2. 2.

   a process whereby a star or planet holds an object in its gravitational field

   Broadernatural process
3. 3.

   any process in which an atomic or nuclear system acquires an additional particle

   Broadernatural process
4. 4.

   the act of taking of a person by force

   Synonymsseizure

   Broaderfelony

   Narrowerabductionkidnapping
5. 5.

   the removal of an opponent's piece from the chess board

   Broaderchess move

   Narroweren passantexchange

Other forms of capture

plural

captures·

past tense

captured·

present participle

capturing·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about capture

What does capture mean?

capture means "succeed in representing or expressing something intangible". That is the primary sense; the word has 11 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in capture?

capture has 2 syllables: cap-ture. The stress falls on "cap". In IPA it is /ˈkæptʃɚ/.

What is another word for capture?

Close synonyms include enamour, trance, catch, becharm, enamor. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is capture a common word?

capture is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with capture?

1 word rhymes with capture. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.