📒 to catch a person or an animal and keep them as a prisoner or shut them in a space that they cannot escape from
- Allied troops captured over 300 enemy soldiers.
- The animals are captured in nets and sold to local zoos.
📒 to take control of a place, building, etc. using force
- The city was captured in 1941.
📒 to succeed in getting control or possession of something that other people are also trying to get
- The company has captured 90 per cent of the market.
- He captured the world championship title in 2018.
📒 to make somebody interested in something
- The project has captured the imagination of the local public.
- His story captured the attention of Hollywood.
📒 to succeed in accurately expressing a feeling, an atmosphere, etc. in a picture, piece of writing, film, etc.
- Her photos capture the essence of her subjects.
- The song captures the spirit of those times.
- They have captured a moment in people's lives.
📒 to photograph, film, record, paint, etc. somebody/something
- capture something The photographer's camera captures images of extreme beauty.
- capture somebody/something on something The attack was captured on film by security cameras.
📒 to make somebody love you
📒 to put something into a computer in a form it can use