captures

1. 1
   verb

   Third-person singular simple present of capture.

   The satellite captures images of the storm as it moves inland.

   Her novel captures the mood of a city on the brink of war.

   Note

   Every use of the verb passes through this form, and every one is transitive: something always captures something. The object can be a stronghold, a sound or image stored for later, the mood of a place reproduced convincingly, or an opponent's piece in chess, go or checkers. The same spelling also serves as the plural noun, so the camera captures is a verb, while several captures counts acts or things taken.

2. 2
   noun

   Plural of capture.

   The rangers logged a dozen captures during the tagging expedition.

   A series of bold captures decided the final stretch of the game.

   Note

   Only the countable uses of the noun take this plural. Captures are separate acts of seizing or separate captive things, never the uncountable idea of capture as such. The plural also covers recordings stored for playback. In pattern matching it names the individual matches found in a text string, so a single search can return several captures from one line.

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