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- pronunciation:
- kaep
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- features:
- Word Parts
| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
captures, capturing, captured |
| definition: |
When you capture a person or animal, you catch them. You get control of them.
The soldiers captured the enemy leader.The eagle flew down and captured the squirrel.The police captured the thief.- synonyms:
- seize, take
- antonyms:
- free
- similar words:
- catch, grab, kidnap, pinch
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| related words: |
catch, conquer, get, occupy, steal, take |
| derivation: |
capturer (n.) |
The word capture
contains the following parts:
cap1, cip, capt, cept, -ceive, -ceit
Latin
root
that means to take, catch
  Example words:
accept, acceptable, acceptance, capability, capable, capacity, captive, capture, conceive, concept, deceive, deception, except, exception, incapable, inconceivable, intercept, participant, participate, perceive, receive, reception
-ure
Latin
noun-forming suffix
that means act or process of
More about this word part:
The suffix -ure
attaches to Latin verb roots and English verbs.
Example words:
acupuncture, adventure, agriculture, aquaculture, capture, composure, enclosure, exposure, failure, figure, fixture, fracture, lecture, legislature, literature, manufacture, miniature, picture, posture, pressure, procedure, rapture, rupture, Scripture, seizure, structure, texture, torture
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