capture
An act of capturing; a seizing by force or stratagem.
Other meanings
The securing of an object of strife or desire, as by the power of some attraction.
Something that has been captured; a captive.
Synonyms
- gaining control
Related words
- capture the flag
- piscicapture
- recapture
- regulatory capture
- screen capture
- uncapture
- capture card
- capture myopathy
- chromosome conformation capture
- direct air capture
- electron capture
- electron capture detector
Word history
From Latin "captūra".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “capture” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.