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{
"term": "capture",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "capture",
"heSheIt": "captures"
},
"pastSimple": "captured",
"pastParticiple": "captured",
"ingForm": "capturing"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to catch a person or an animal and keep them as a prisoner or shut them in a space that they cannot escape from",
"sensetop": "capture somebody/something",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "Allied troops captured over 300 enemy soldiers."
},
{
"text": "The animals are captured in nets and sold to local zoos."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to take control of a place, building, etc. using force",
"sensetop": "capture something",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "The city was captured in 1941."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "to succeed in getting control or possession of something that other people are also trying to get",
"sensetop": "capture something",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "The company has captured 90 per cent of the market."
},
{
"text": "He captured the world championship title in 2018."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "to make somebody interested in something",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "The project has **captured the imagination **of the local public."
},
{
"text": "Her story captured the attention of Hollywood."
}
],
"topics": ["Feelings"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 5,
"definition": "to succeed in accurately expressing a feeling, an atmosphere, etc. in a picture, piece of writing, film, etc.",
"sensetop": "capture something",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "Her photos **capture the essence** of her subjects."
},
{
"text": "The song **captures the spirit** of those times."
},
{
"text": "They have **captured a moment** in people's lives."
},
{
"text": "That description captures perfectly the feeling of being invisible."
},
{
"text": "The article captured the mood of the nation."
},
{
"text": "The exhibition on India fails to capture the great diversity of this fascinating country."
}
],
"synonyms": "catch",
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["accurately", "perfectly", "beautifully"],
"verb + capture": ["try to", "be able to", "manage to"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 6,
"definition": "to photograph, film, record, paint, etc. somebody/something",
"sensetop": "capture somethingcapture somebody/something on something",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The photographer's camera **captures images** of extreme beauty.",
"contextForm": "capture something"
},
{
"text": "The attack was captured on film by security cameras.",
"contextForm": "capture somebody/something on something"
}
],
"topics": ["Art"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 7,
"definition": "to make somebody love you",
"sensetop": "capture somebody’s heart",
"examples": []
},
{
"senseNumber": 8,
"definition": "to put something into a computer in a form it can use",
"sensetop": "capture something",
"examples": []
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈkæptʃə(r)/",
"audio": "ca/capture/capture__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈkæptʃəz/",
"audio": "ca/capture/captures__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈkæptʃəd/",
"audio": "ca/capture/captured__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈkæptʃərɪŋ/",
"audio": "ca/capture/capturing__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈkæptʃər/",
"audio": "ca/capture/capture__us_2.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈkæptʃərz/",
"audio": "ca/capture/captures__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈkæptʃərd/",
"audio": "ca/capture/captured__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈkæptʃərɪŋ/",
"audio": "ca/capture/capturing__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "mid 16th cent. (as a noun): from French, from Latin captura, from capt- ‘seized, taken’, from the verb capere."
}