RECAPTURE
Dictionary entry overview: What does recapture mean?
• RECAPTURE (noun)
The noun RECAPTURE has 2 senses:
1. a legal seizure by the government of profits beyond a fixed amount
2. the act of taking something back
Familiarity information: RECAPTURE used as a noun is rare.
• RECAPTURE (verb)
The verb RECAPTURE has 4 senses:
1. experience anew
2. take up anew
3. take back by force, as after a battle
4. capture again
Familiarity information: RECAPTURE used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• RECAPTURE (noun)
Meaning:
A legal seizure by the government of profits beyond a fixed amount
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("recapture" is a kind of...):
seizure (the taking possession of something by legal process)
Meaning:
The act of taking something back
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
retaking; recapture
Hypernyms ("recapture" is a kind of...):
recovery; retrieval (the act of regaining or saving something lost (or in danger of becoming lost))
• RECAPTURE (verb)
Meaning:
Experience anew
Classified under:
Verbs of feeling
Context example:
She could not recapture that feeling of happiness
Hypernyms (to "recapture" is one way to...):
experience; feel (undergo an emotional sensation)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Take up anew
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Context example:
The author recaptures an old idea here
Hypernyms (to "recapture" is one way to...):
capture (succeed in representing or expressing something intangible)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Take back by force, as after a battle
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
retake; recapture
Context example:
The military forces managed to recapture the fort
Hypernyms (to "recapture" is one way to...):
take (take by force)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "recapture"):
reconquer (conquer anew)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something from somebody
Meaning:
Capture again
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
retake; recapture
Context example:
recapture the escaped prisoner
Hypernyms (to "recapture" is one way to...):
capture; catch; get (succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
