recapture
recapture noun: the act of capturing again.
Noun
recapture (plural recaptures)
- The act of capturing again.
- The recapture of the escaped prisoner made the news.
- Synonyms:
- recatch
- That which is captured back; a prize retaken.
- The retroactive collection of taxes that were not collectible at the time.
Verb
recapture (third-person singular simple present recaptures, present participle recapturing, simple past and past participle recaptured)
- To capture something for a second or subsequent time, especially after a loss.
- The warden hoped to recapture the escaped prisoners before they reached the town.
- New engine designs permit the vehicle to recapture the kinetic energy lost through braking.
- To capture an opponent's piece immediately after it has captured on the same square.
recapture meaning in Bengali, Telugu, Kannada and Odia
recapture in Bengali
- পুনরায় ধরে ফেলার কাজ, পুনরায় আটক, দখল করার প্রক্রিয়া
recapture in Telugu
- తిరిగి స్వాధీనం
recapture in Kannada
- ಮತ್ತೆ ಸೆರೆಹಿಡಿ, ಪುನಃ ಬಂಧಿಸು, ಮತ್ತೆ ನೆನೆ
recapture in Odia
- ପୁନର୍ବାର ଦଖଲ କରିବା
More languagesFewer languages
- recapture in Persian
- بازپس گرفتن bâz-pas gereftan
Examples of recapture in a sentence
- On the other hand, in Eritrea (once our Forces had recaptured Kassala on January 19) the drive was generally eastward towards the capital, Asmara, and the Red Sea port of Massaua.1941 August, Charles E. Lee, “Railways of Italian East Africa—I”, in Railway Magazine, page 340:
- One specimen of milberti was recaptured after being at liberty for ten years, and it had grown only twenty inches.1983, Richard Ellis, The Book of Sharks, Knopf, →ISBN, page 118:
- Seeking to recapture the laughter of life through correspondence.1991 December 8, William S. Hoggard, “Personal advertisement”, in Gay Community News, volume 19, number 21, page 14:
- Gerrard was replaced by Michael Carrick at the start of the second half and a sloppy passage of play followed in which England struggled to recapture the momentum and rhythm of their earlier work.2012 September 7, Phil McNulty, “Moldova 0-5 England”, in BBC Sport:
Synonyms of recapture
Forms of recapture
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | recaptures |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | recaptures |
| present participle | recapturing |
| past participle | recaptured |
| past | recaptured |
Origin of recapture
From re- + capture.
Words formed from recapture
Words that rhyme with recapture
Questions about recapture
- What does recapture mean?
- Recapture means the act of capturing again.
- What is recapture in Bengali?
- Recapture in Bengali is পুনরায় ধরে ফেলার কাজ, পুনরায় আটক, দখল করার প্রক্রিয়া. See Recapture meaning in Bengali.
- How do you use recapture in a sentence?
- On the other hand, in Eritrea (once our Forces had recaptured Kassala on January 19) the drive was generally eastward towards the capital, Asmara, and the Red Sea port of Massaua.
- What part of speech is recapture?
- Recapture can be a noun or a verb.
- What is the plural of recapture?
- The plural of recapture is recaptures.
Words near recapture in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: recapture (page history and authors); recapture (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); recapture (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); recapture (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); recapture (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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