How to spell capture

Capture is spelled C-A-P-T-U-R-E.

hear itcap·ture/'kæpʧər/verbRules and real life

What it means: To catch and hold someone or something.

In a sentence: The butterfly flew past, and I tried to capture it gently in a net.

Same family: capture (verb), captured, capturing, captive, captivity. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: Capture comes from the Latin word 'captura', from 'capere', meaning 'to take or seize'. It’s related to other words like 'captive' and 'capture the flag', all carrying the sense of taking or holding something.

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