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verbIf you capture someone or something, you catch them, especially in a war.The guerrillas shot down one aeroplane and captured the pilot.The whole town celebrated when two tanks were captured.King Arthur himself captures the beast and cuts off its head.The United States captured Puerto Rico from the Spaniards in 1898....the murders of fifteen thousand captured Polish soldiers....the final battles which led to the army's capture of the town.The shooting happened while the man was trying to evade capture by the security forces.If something or someone captures a particular quality, feeling, or atmosphere, they represent or express it successfully.The mood was captured by a cartoon in the New York Post.If something captures your attention or imagination, you begin to be interested or excited by it. If someone or something captures your heart, you begin to love them or like them very much....the great names of the Tory party who usually capture the historian's attention....the issue that has captured the imagination of nearly the whole nation....one man's undying love for the woman who captured his heart.If an event is captured in a photograph or on film, it is photographed or filmed.The incident was captured on video.The images were captured by TV crews filming outside the base....photographers who captured the traumatic scene.If you capture something that you are trying to obtain in competition with other people, you succeed in obtaining it.The company aims to capture more sales at a time of significant challenges in the supermarket sector.The Socialist candidate has captured eighty-five per cent of the vote in the three-way presidential race. B2

word	capture
definition	verb If you capture someone or something, you catch them, especially in a war. The guerrillas shot down one aeroplane and captured the pilot. The whole town celebrated when two tanks were captured. King Arthur himself captures the beast and cuts off its head. The United States captured Puerto Rico from the Spaniards in 1898. ...the murders of fifteen thousand captured Polish soldiers. ...the final battles which led to the army's capture of the town. The shooting happened while the man was trying to evade capture by the security forces. If something or someone captures a particular quality, feeling, or atmosphere, they represent or express it successfully. The mood was captured by a cartoon in the New York Post. If something captures your attention or imagination, you begin to be interested or excited by it. If someone or something captures your heart, you begin to love them or like them very much. ...the great names of the Tory party who usually capture the historian's attention. ...the issue that has captured the imagination of nearly the whole nation. ...one man's undying love for the woman who captured his heart. If an event is captured in a photograph or on film, it is photographed or filmed. The incident was captured on video. The images were captured by TV crews filming outside the base. ...photographers who captured the traumatic scene. If you capture something that you are trying to obtain in competition with other people, you succeed in obtaining it. The company aims to capture more sales at a time of significant challenges in the supermarket sector. The Socialist candidate has captured eighty-five per cent of the vote in the three-way presidential race.
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cefr-level	B2

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