capture
noun
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- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property
Types & categories
- acquiring hypernym
- usurpation hyponym
- arrest hyponym
- conquest hyponym
- enslavement hyponym
Related & opposite
- conquer derivation
Sense 2 verb
succeed in representing or expressing something intangible
capture the essence of Spring
Types & categories
Sense 3 noun
a process whereby a star or planet holds an object in its gravitational field
Types & categories
- natural process hypernym
Sense 4 verb
attract; cause to be enamored
She captured all the men's hearts
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- beguilement derivation
- charm derivation
- ravishment derivation
- enchantment derivation
- captive derivation
- catch derivation
- charmer derivation
- smoothie derivation
- trance derivation
- fascination derivation
Sense 5 noun
any process in which an atomic or nuclear system acquires an additional particle
Types & categories
- natural process hypernym
Related & opposite
- capture derivation
Sense 6 verb
succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase
We finally got the suspect
Types & categories
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Sense 7 noun
the act of taking of a person by force
Types & categories
- felony hypernym
- abduction hyponym
- kidnapping hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 8 verb
bring about the capture of an elementary particle or celestial body and causing it enter a new orbit
This nucleus has captured the slow-moving neutrons
Types & categories
- change hypernym
Related & opposite
- capture derivation
Sense 9 noun
the removal of an opponent's piece from the chess board
Types & categories
- chess move hypernym
- en passant hyponym
- exchange hyponym
- exchange hyponym
Sense 10 verb
take possession of by force, as after an invasion
the invaders seized the land and property of the inhabitants
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- capture derivation
- conquest derivation
- appropriator derivation
- appropriative derivation
Sense 11 verb
capture as if by hunting, snaring, or trapping
I caught a rabbit in the trap today
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Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | conquer |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | acquiring |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | usurpation |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | arrest |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | conquest |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | enslavement |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | interpret |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | recapture |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | natural process |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | beguilement |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | charm |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | ravishment |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | enchantment |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | captive |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | catch |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | charmer |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | smoothie |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | trance |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | fascination |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | attract |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | hold |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | work |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | capture |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | natural process |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | arrest |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | seizure |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | clutch |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | retake |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | lasso |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | seize |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | capture |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | felony |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | abduction |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | kidnapping |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | capture |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |
| 9 | hypernym | Types & categories | chess move |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | en passant |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | exchange |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | exchange |
| 10 | derivation | Related & opposite | capture |
| 10 | derivation | Related & opposite | conquest |
| 10 | derivation | Related & opposite | appropriator |
| 10 | derivation | Related & opposite | appropriative |
| 10 | hypernym | Types & categories | take over |
| 10 | hyponym | Types & categories | carry |
| 11 | derivation | Related & opposite | captor |
| 11 | derivation | Related & opposite | catch |
| 11 | verb group | Related & opposite | catch |
| 11 | hypernym | Types & categories | get |
| 11 | hyponym | Types & categories | hunt |
| 11 | hyponym | Types & categories | frog |
| 11 | hyponym | Types & categories | bag |
| 11 | hyponym | Types & categories | batfowl |
| 11 | hyponym | Types & categories | rat |
| 11 | hyponym | Types & categories | trammel |