<p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used with object)<ul><li>captured, capturing</li><li>to take by force or stratagem; take prisoner; seize: The police captured the burglar.</li><li>Synonyms: nab, grab, apprehend, snare, arrest, catch</li><li>Antonyms: release</li><li>to gain control of or exert influence over: an ad that captured our attention; a TV show that captured 30% of the prime-time audience.</li><li>to take possession of, as in a game or contest: to capture a pawn in chess.</li><li>to represent or record in lasting form: The movie succeeded in capturing the atmosphere of Berlin in the 1930s.</li><li>Computers: to enter (data) into a computer for processing or storage.</li><li>to record (data) in preparation for such entry.</li></ul></li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>the act of capturing.<ul><li>Synonyms: apprehension, arrest, seizure</li><li>Antonyms: release</li></ul></li><li>the thing or person captured.</li><li>Physics: the process in which an atomic or nuclear system acquires an additional particle.</li><li>Crystallography: substitution in a crystal lattice of a trace element for an element of lower valence.</li></ul>