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Showing words for CAPTURE using the English dictionary

7 Letter Words for Capture

capture, cuprate, uptrace

6 Letter Words for Capture

acture, acuter, apercu, carpet, cauter, curate, peract, precut, purace, teacup, uprate, uptear

5 Letter Words for Capture

acute, apert, aperu, apter, autre, caper, caput, caret, carpe, carte, cater, catur, cerat, crape, crate, crept, creta, cruet, curat, curet, cuter, ecart, epact, eruca, eruct, erupt, pacer, pareu, parte, peart, perau, perca, petar, prate, preta, pruta, pucer, purae, react, recap, recpt, recut, taper, taupe, terap, trace, trape, truce, upeat, urate

4 Letter Words for Capture

acer, acpt, acre, actu, aper, aret, arte, aute, cape, capt, care, carp, cart, cate, caup, cepa, cera, cert, crap, crpe, crue, crup, crut, cura, cure, curt, cute, ecru, erat, eruc, etua, pace, pact, pacu, parc, pare, part, pate, patu, paut, pear, peat, pert, peru, peta, prat, prau, prec, pret, prut, puca, puce, puer, pure, race, rape, rapt, rate, ratu, rcpt, reap, rect, rept, rupa, ruta, tace, tape, tapu, tare, tarp, taur, teap, tear, teca, tepa, tera, terp, trac, trap, true, turp, urea

3 Letter Words for Capture

ace, act, aer, apc, ape, apr, apt, arc, are, art, aru, ate, atp, cap, car, cat, cep, cer, cpa, cpr, cpt, cpu, crt, cru, cte, ctr, cue, cup, cur, cut, ear, eat, eau, ect, ecu, epa, era, ert, eta, etc, pac, par, pat, pau, pct, pea, pec, per, pet, prc, pre, pta, pte, pua, pur, put, rap, rat, rct, rea, rec, rep, rpt, rte, ruc, rue, rut, tap, tar, tau, tcp, tea, tec, ter, tra, trp, tua, tue, tup, tur, uca, ura, ure, urp, uta, utc, ute

Definitions for Capture

[1] to take by force or stratagem; take prisoner; seize: The police captured the burglar.
[2] to gain control of or exert influence over: an ad that captured our attention; a TV show that captured 30% of the prime-time audience.
[3] to take possession of, as in a game or contest: to capture a pawn in chess.
[4] to represent or record in lasting form: The movie succeeded in capturing the atmosphere of Berlin in the 1930s.
[5] Computers . to enter (data) into a computer for processing or storage. to record (data) in preparation for such entry.
[6] the act of capturing.
[7] the thing or person captured.
[8] Physics . the process in which an atomic or nuclear system acquires an additional particle.
[9] Crystallography . substitution in a crystal lattice of a trace element for an element of lower valence.
[10] to take prisoner or gain control over to capture an enemy ; to capture a town
[11] (in a game or contest) to win control or possession of to capture a pawn in chess
[12] to succeed in representing or describing (something elusive) the artist captured her likeness
[13] physics (of an atom, molecule, ion, or nucleus) to acquire (an additional particle)
[14] to insert or transfer (data) into a computer
[15] the act of taking by force; seizure
[16] the person or thing captured; booty
[17] physics a process by which an atom, molecule, ion, or nucleus acquires an additional particle
[18] Also called: piracy geography the process by which the headwaters of one river are diverted into another through erosion caused by the second river's tributaries
[19] the act or process of inserting or transferring data into a computer

Words related to Capture

apprehension, taking, imprisonment, confiscation, seizure, arrest, abduction, occupation, secure, occupy, apprehend, trap, seize, snatch, conquer, take, catch, grab, acquirement, sweep

Words nearby Capture

captive audience, captive market, captivity, captopril, captor, capture, capture beat, captured rotation, capua, capuana, capuche

Origin of Capture

1535–45; < Middle French < Latin captūra, equivalent to capt(us ) taken (past participle of capere to take) + -ūra -ure

Other words from Capture

cap·tur·a·ble , adjective
cap·tur·er , noun
pre·cap·ture , adjective, verb (used with object), pre·cap·tured, pre·cap·tur·ing.
un·cap·tur·a·ble , adjective
un·cap·tured , adjective

Word origin for Capture

C16: from Latin captūra a catching, that which is caught, from capere to take

Synonyms for Capture

abduction, apprehension, arrest, confiscation, imprisonment, occupation, seizure, taking, acquirement, acquisition, appropriating, appropriation, bag, bust, catch, collar, commandeering, drop, ensnaring, fall, gaining, grab, grasping, hook, nab, nail, obtaining, pinch, pull, securing, seizing, snatching, sweep, trapping, trip, winning, hit the jackpot, knock off, laying hold of, pick up, run in, taking captive, taking into custody