Definition of Capture

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Capture

The act of seizing by force, or getting possession of by superior power or by stratagem; as, the capture of an enemy, a vessel, or a criminal.

The securing of an object of strife or desire, as by the power of some attraction.

The thing taken by force, surprise, or stratagem; a prize; prey.

To seize or take possession of by force, surprise, or stratagem; to overcome and hold; to secure by effort.

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Capture Quotations

You can't be pregnant in leotards, and this is the last chance for us to get our bodies into the shape of concert dancers and capture it with the magic of film.
Patrick Swayze

You must capture and keep the heart of the original and supremely able man before his brain can do its best.
Andrew Carnegie

Right from the beginning, I always strived to capture everything I saw as completely as possible.
Norman Rockwell

On the subject of Osama bin Laden... we will track him down. We will capture him. We will bring him to justice, and I will follow him to the gates of hell.
John McCain

Commercials capture your attention, that's all.
Calvin Klein

My belief is that what comes across on the television is a capture of my enthusiasm and my passion for wildlife.
Steve Irwin

So now what happens is the cameras follow me around and capture exactly what I've been doing since I was a boy. Only now we have a team of, you know, like 73 of us, and it's gone beyond that.
Steve Irwin

To photograph is to hold one's breath, when all faculties converge to capture fleeting reality. It's at that precise moment that mastering an image becomes a great physical and intellectual joy.
Henri Cartier-Bresson

The photograph itself doesn't interest me. I want only to capture a minute part of reality.
Henri Cartier-Bresson

I wanted to capture the excitement of house music, almost like a four-four beat, and the best way to do that was to use a language that was rhythmic and performative.
Irvine Welsh

Capture Translations

capture in Afrikaans is vat, vang
capture in Danish is fange
capture in Dutch is beetnemen, pakken, beetkrijgen
capture in French is capturez, attraper, capturent, capturer, capturons
capture in German is erfassen, erfassen, einfangen
capture in Italian is rilevamento, accalappiare
capture in Norwegian is fange, erobre, gripe
capture in Spanish is capturar

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