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# capture

«capture» in Mova's school dictionary: **To catch a person or animal and keep it so it cannot escape** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (capture, captures, captured, capturing); noun (capture)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To catch a person or animal and keep it so it cannot escape. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/capture/#m1)

2) To take control of a place or thing by force, like a castle in a battle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/capture/#m2)

3) To take a piece in a game such as chess or draughts. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/capture/#m3)

4) To record something in a photo, film or words. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/capture/#m4)

5) To catch and hold attention or interest. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/capture/#m5)

6) (noun) The act of catching someone or something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/capture/#m6)

### sense in the lessons

In history: armies captured castles and towns. In games: capturing pieces in chess. In science: plants capture sunlight; cameras capture images. In stories, the hero may be captured and escape. Phrases: «capture the flag», «capture a moment», «capture someone's imagination».

### examples

- The police captured the robber. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/capture/#x1)
- The knights captured the castle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/capture/#x2)
- I captured your queen! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/capture/#x3)
- The photo captured the moment the ball went in. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/capture/#x4)
- Let's play capture the flag at break. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/capture/#x5)
- The story captured my imagination. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/capture/#x6)
- The zookeepers captured the escaped monkey. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/capture/#x7)
- Leaves capture light from the sun. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/capture/#x8)
- The Fowler then ran up quickly and captured her. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/capture/#x9)

### note

Past form: captured. Opposite: release, free, set free. «Capture» is stronger than «catch»; it usually means keeping something, not just catching it for a moment.

### In the corpora

- [In chess the aim is checkmate, trapping the king, not capturing everything.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/242-sharing-toys-and-board-games/5/)
- [In chess, learn how each piece moves; the aim is checkmate, not capturing everything.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/242-sharing-toys-and-board-games/17/)
- [In chess the aim is checkmate, trapping the king, not capturing as many pieces as possible.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/302-toys-and-board-games/13/)
- [The Ottoman sultan Mehmed II captured Constantinople in 1453, ending the Byzantine Empire.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/geography/32-venice-the-ottomans-and-the-mediterranean/10/)
- [In 410 the Visigoths captured and looted Rome itself, the first time an enemy had taken the city in about 800 years.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/16-rome-the-fall-of-the-west-and-what-rome-left-us/12/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «capture» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/capture/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.