Klryz
Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

Vowels

iːseeɪsite / ɛbedæcat
ɑːfatherɒhot (UK)ɔːlawʊput
uːtooʌcupɜːbirdəabout
eɪdayaɪmyɔɪboyaʊnow
əʊ / oʊgo (UK / US)ɪəneareəhairʊətour

Consonants that look unusual

θthinðthisʃsheʒmeasure
tʃchurchdʒjudgeŋsingjyes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

Marks

  • ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
  • ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

Common word endings

  • -s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
  • -ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
  • -ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
  • Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
  • Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

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capture

UK /ˈkæp.(t)ʃəː/ · US /ˈkæp.(t)ʃɚ/ noun, verb

Forms captures capturing captured

  1. noun An act of capturing; a seizing by force or stratagem.
  2. noun The securing of an object of strife or desire, as by the power of some attraction. “the capture of a lover’s heart”
  3. noun Something that has been captured; a captive.
  4. noun The recording or storage of something for later playback. “video capture”
  5. noun (computing, regular expressions) A particular match found for a pattern in a text string.
  6. verb (transitive) To take control of; to seize by force or stratagem. “to capture an enemy, a vessel, or a criminal”
  7. verb (transitive, figurative) To take hold of. “The paintings in the gallery really captured my imagination.”
  8. verb (transitive) To store (as in sounds or image) for later revisitation. “She captured the sounds of a subway station on tape.”
  9. verb (transitive) To reproduce convincingly. “His film adaptation captured the spirit of the original work.”
  10. verb (transitive) To remove or take control of an opponent’s piece in a game (e.g., chess, go, checkers). “My pawn was captured.”

Synonyms

catch grab seize take away abduct kidnap hold hostage apprehend begripe fang grasp get gripe lay hold of rape take take hold gaining control seizure enamour trance becharm enamor captivate beguile charm fascinate bewitch entrance enchant

Antonyms

let go liberate release rescue unhand

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French capture (noun), from Latin captūra. Displaced native Old English fenġ (noun) and ġefōn (verb).

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun 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.
  2. noun The securing of an object of strife or desire, as by the power of some attraction.
  3. verb To seize or take possession of by force, surprise, or stratagem; to overcome and hold; to secure by effort.

Etymology [L. capture, fr. caper to take: cf. F. capture. See Caitiff, and cf. aptive.]

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “capture”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details

Sanskrit

Sanskrit dictionary entries whose meaning includes “capture” (best matches first).

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