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# recapture

«recapture» in Mova's school dictionary: **To catch again a person or animal that escaped: «The…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (recapture, recaptures, recaptured, recapturing); noun (recapture, a recapture)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To catch again a person or animal that escaped: «The zookeepers recaptured the lion.» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recapture/#m1)

2) To take back a place that an enemy had taken: «The army recaptured the town.» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recapture/#m2)

3) To bring back a feeling or memory, or to show it again: «The film recaptures the magic of childhood.» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recapture/#m3)

4) (noun) The act of catching or taking something again. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recapture/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In history lessons armies recapture forts and cities; in news and stories prisoners or animals are recaptured; in art and writing, works recapture moods of the past. Phrases: «recapture the town», «recapture the magic», «recapture the lead».

### examples

- The escaped parrot was recaptured in the park. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recapture/#x1)
- The army recaptured the fort after a long siege. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recapture/#x2)
- Police recaptured the prisoner the next day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recapture/#x3)
- We went back to the beach to recapture that summer feeling. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recapture/#x4)
- The team recaptured the lead in the last minute. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recapture/#x5)
- Ukraine recaptured many towns that had been occupied. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recapture/#x6)

### note

Prefix re- means «again». Regular verb: recapture, recaptured. Also used in sport for taking back a lead or a title.

### Trees and pragmatics

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