Definitions of recapture [ˈkæp tʃər]

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Definition of 'recapture'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) recapture
to capture again; retake.

2.  recapture
(of a government) to take by recapture.

3.  recapture
to recollect or reexperience (something past).

4. (n.) recapture
recovery or retaking by capture.

5.  recapture
the taking by the government of a fixed part of all earnings in excess of a certain percentage of property value.

6.  recapture
Internat. Law. the lawful reacquisition of a former possession.

7.  recapture
the state or fact of being recaptured.

Etymology: (1745–55)

Definition of 'recapture'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) recapture
a legal seizure by the government of profits beyond a fixed amount

2. (verb) recapture, retaking
the act of taking something back

3. (verb) recapture
experience anew
"She could not recapture that feeling of happiness"

4. (verb) recapture
take up anew
"The author recaptures an old idea here"

5. (verb) recapture, retake
take back by force, as after a battle
"The military forces managed to recapture the fort"

6. (verb) recapture, retake
capture again
"recapture the escaped prisoner"

Definition of 'recapture'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) recapture
the act of retaking or recovering by capture; especially, the retaking of a prize or goods from a captor

2. (noun) recapture
that which is captured back; a prize retaken

3. (verb) recapture
to capture again; to retake

Translation of 'recapture'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to capture again The soldiers recaptured the city; The prisoners were recaptured.
Afrikaans: weer vang	Arabic: يَسْتَرِد	Bulgarian: улавям отново
Brazilian: recapturar	Czech: dobýt zpět; znovu chytit	German: zurückerobern, wieder erg
Danish: generobre	Greek: ανακαταλαμβάνω, ξανασυλλα	Spanish: recobrar, reconquistar, v
Estonian: tagasi vallutama, uuesti	Farsi: دوباره دستگیر کردن	Finnish: vallata takaisin
French: recapturer	Hebrew: לִכבּוֹש מְחָדָש	Hindi: दोबारा बंदी बनाना
Croatian: ponovno osvojiti	Hungarian: visszafoglal	Indonesian: menangkap kembali
Icelandic: ná aftur	Italian: riconquistare; ricatturar	Japanese: 奪い返す
Korean: 다시 체포하다	Lithuanian: atgauti, vėl pagauti, uži	Latvian: no jauna sagrābt
Malay: menahan kembali	Dutch: heroveren	Norwegian: gjenerobre, pågripe igjen
Polish: odbić, zająć/pochwycić po	Persian: دوباره دستگیر کردن	Pashto: بيانيول، بيرته لاس ته راو
Portuguese: retomar	Romanian: a recaptura	Russian: взять обратно; поймать
Slovak: znova dobyť; znova chytiť	Slovenian: ponovno zavzeti	Serbian: ponovo osvojiti
Swedish: återta, återerövra	Thai: จับอีก	Turkish: yeniden yakalamak
Taiwanese: 奪回，收復	Ukrainian: брати назад	Urdu: دوبارہ پکڑنا
Vietnamese: bắt lại	Chinese: 夺回，收复
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