capture
/ˈkaptʃə/
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American sound/ˈkaptʃə/
capture
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cap - ture -> capture
Myanmar meaning
(v) ဖမ်းဆီးသည်။ သိမ်းသည်။ ဆွဆောင်သည်။ အမိအရ ရိုက်ကူးသည်။ အချက်အလက်များကို ကွန်ပျူတာထဲ၌ သိမ်းထားသည်။ (n) ဖမ်းခြင်း။ အဖမ်းခံရခြင်း။ သိမ်းခြင်း။
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၁။ ဖမ်းဆီးသည်။
capture an escaped convict.
၂။ သိမ်းသည်။ ဆွဲဆောင်သည်။
capture a town ❍ capture sb's attention/public support/a large share of the votes.
၃။ အမိအရ ရိုက်ကူးသည်။
capture a baby's smile in a photograph ❍ The film captures the atmosphere of the period.
၄။ အချက်အလက်များကို ကွန်ပျူတာထဲ၌ သိမ်းထားသည်။
n [U] ဖမ်းခြင်း။ အဖမ်းခံရခြင်း။ သိမ်းခြင်း။
the capture of a thief ❍ He evaded capture for three days. ❍ data capture (ie in a computer).
More examples
- Most of the men had been either killed or captured.
- Police officers finally cornered and captured the dog.
- Rebel forces captured the village.
- They captured or destroyed over 400 tanks.
- Japanese firms have now captured over 50% of the market.
- Conservatives had hoped to capture a larger share of the vote.
- The film succeeds in capturing the mood of the 1960s.
- The artist has captured her perfectly.
- The whole incident was captured by a young American photographer.
- [capture something on film/camera/video] : The idea was to capture on film how the countryside was changing.
Synonyms
imprison, detain, arrest, incarcerate, confine, take into custody, jail, abduction, acquire, acquirement, acquisition, apprehend, apprehension, appropriating, appropriation, attain, bag, bust, catch, catching, collar, commandeering, confiscation, conquer, cop, denote, depict, describe, detention, drop, encapsulate, ensnare, ensnaring, fall, forceful holding, gain, gain control, gaining, get, grab, grab hold of, grasping, hit the jackpot, hook, imprisonment, incarceration, internment, knock off, land, laying hold of, nab, nail, net, obtain, obtaining, occupation, occupy, overwhelm, pick up, pinch, portray, prehend, pull, pull in, put the cuffs on, round up, run in, secure, securing, seize, seizing, seizure, snare, snatch, snatching, sum up, summarize, sweep, take, take captive, take prisoner, taking, taking captive, taking into custody, trap, trapping, trip, tumble, win, winning
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