Meaning of capture | Babel Free

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1. An act of capturing; a seizing by force or stratagem.
   countable, uncountable
2. An act of capturing; a seizing by force or stratagem
3. a prisoner. Two of the captives escaped. gevangene أسير пленник preso zajatec der Gefangene fange αιχμάλωτοςcautivo, preso vang اسیر vanki captif/-ive שבוי कैदी zarobljenik fogoly tawanan fangi prigioniero 捕虜 포로 belaisvis gūsteknis tawanan gevangenefangejeniec بندى، دسړى يا حيوان تړنه په يوه ځاى كى ايسارونه preso prizonier пленник zajatec, -kyňa ujetnik zarobljenik fånge นักโทษ tutsak, esir 俘虜 полонений قیدی người bị giam cầm 俘虏
4. The securing of an object of strife or desire, as by the power of some attraction.
   countable, uncountable
5. The securing of an object of strife or desire, as by the power of some attraction
6. kept prisoner. captive soldiers; The children were taken/held captive. gevang أَسيْر، سَبِي пленен cativo zajatý gefangen fanget; indespærret αιχμάλωτοςcautivo vangis(tatud) اسیر؛ دربند vangittu prisonnierשבוי कैद किया हुआ uhvaćen, zarobljen bezárt, elzárt menahan fanginn, í haldi prigioniero 捕われた 포로가 된 paimtas į nelaisvę, nelaisvėje laikomas sagūstīts dikurung gevangenfanget, innesperret pojmany بندی cativo captiv взятый в плен zajatý ujet zarobljen fången, fängslad ที่ไม่สามารถหนีได้ tutsak...
7. Something that has been captured; a captive.
   countable, uncountable
8. Something that has been captured; a captive
9. a state of being a prisoner, caged etc. animals in captivity in a zoo. gevangenskap أسْـر، سبْـي пленничество cativeiro zajetí die Gefangenschaft fangenskab αιχμαλωσίαcautividad vangistus اسارت vankeus captivitéשבי कैद ropstvo, zarobljeništvo fogság kurungan fangavist, hald; ánauð, ófrelsi cattività 監禁 포로 nelaisvė gūsts; nebrīve penahanan gevangenschapfangenskapniewola بند cativeiro cap­tivitate неволя zajatie ujetništvo zarobljeništvo fångenskap การถูกกักขัง tutsaklık, esaret 囚禁 полон قید ، ...
   etc
10. The recording or storage of something for later playback
11. The recording or storage of something for later playback.
    countable, uncountable
12. a person who captures someone. He managed to escape from his captors. vanger, gevangenemer آسِر، سابِ човек, държащ пленник captor únosce der Fänger bortfører αυτός που κρατά κπ. αιχμάλωτο captor vangistaja اسیر کننده kiinniottaja ravisseur/-euse שובה कैद करने वाला hvatač, zarobitelj fogvatartó penangkap sá sem tekur til fanga; ná á sitt vald catturatore 捕える人 포획자 grobėjas gūstītājs penangkap wie gevangen neemt en som tar (noen) til fange zdobywca, porywacz نيوونكى، بندىكوونكى captor răpi­tor ...
13. A particular match found for a pattern in a text string
14. A particular match found for a pattern in a text string.
    countable, uncountable
15. To take captive, as by force or craft; seize.
16. To attract and hold: tales of adventure that capture the imagination.
17. To succeed in preserving in lasting form: capture a likeness in a painting.
18. The act of catching, taking, or winning, as by force or skill.
19. One that has been seized, caught, or won; a catch or prize.
20. Astronomy The process by which a massive body, such as a star or planet, draws and holds another body in gravitational orbit.
    Astronomy

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Examples

“even with regard to captures made at sea”

“the capture of a lover’s heart”

“video capture”

“After the match […], the text matched within the named capture is available via the Match object's Groups(name) property.”

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