capture

Definition

  • noun: an act or instance of 'capturing'
  • verb: to take and hold (someone) as a prisoner especially by using force
  • verb: to take 'captive'
  • synonyms: abduction, acquire, apprehend

Examples

  • The story 'captured our imaginations'. [=the story was very interesting and exciting]

  • The beauty of the landscape was 'captured' perfectly by the artist.

  • The robbery was 'captured' (on film) by the security cameras.

Movie quotes

  • (..) differ with you on this one. - Really. - Gil, just pay attention. You might learn something. OK, well, if I'm not mistaken, this was a failed attempt to capture a young French girl named Adriana, from Bordeaux, if my art history serves me, who came to Paris to study costume design for the theater. (..)
    2011 Midnight in Paris
  • (..) You can help decide which of us is right, and which of us is wrong. I was just telling Pablo that this portrait doesn't capture Adriana. It has a universality, but no objectivity. Non, non, non. Vous ne le comprenez pas correctement. (No, no ,no. You don't understand correctly.) (..)
    2011 Midnight in Paris