Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense recaptures, present participle recapturing, past tense, past participle recaptured
1. verb
When soldiers recapture an area of land or a place, they gain control of it again from an opposing army who had taken it from them.
They said the bodies were found when rebels recaptured the area. [VERB noun]
Synonyms: retake, take back More Synonyms of recapture
Recapture is also a noun.
...an offensive to be launched for the recapture of the city. [+ of]
2. verb
When people recapture something that they have lost to a competitor, they get it back again.
I believe that he would be the best possibility to recapture the centre vote in theforthcoming election. [VERB noun]
3. verb
To recapture a person or animal which has escaped from somewhere means to catch them again.
Police have recaptured Alan Lord, who escaped from a police cell in Bolton. [VERB noun]
Recapture is also a noun.
...the recapture of a renegade police chief in Panama. [+ of]
4. verb
When you recapture something such as an experience, emotion, or a quality that you had in the past, you experience it again. When something recaptures an experience for you, it makes you remember it.
He couldn't recapture the form he'd shown in getting to the semi-final. [VERB noun]
These cookies seem to recapture all the textures and flavors we remember from childhood. [VERB noun]
Synonyms: refind, resurrect, rekindle, resuscitate More Synonyms of recapture
More Synonyms of recapture
recapture in British English
(riːˈkæptʃə)
verb(transitive)
1.
to capture or take again
2.
to recover, renew, or repeat (a lost or former ability, sensation, etc)
she soon recaptured her high spirits
3. US
(of the government) to take lawfully (a proportion of the profits of a public-service undertaking)
noun
4.
the act of recapturing or fact of being recaptured
5. US
the seizure by the government of a proportion of the profits of a public-service undertaking
recapture in American English
(riˈkæptʃər)
verb transitiveWord forms: reˈcaptured or reˈcapturing
1.
to capture again; retake; get back by capture; reacquire
2. US
to get by recapture (sense 5)
3.
to bring back by remembering
to recapture a feeling
noun
4.
a recapturing or being recaptured
5. US
the placing in reserve or the taking by the government under law of a fixed portion of all business earnings exceeding a specified percentage of property value
6. US
that which is recaptured
7.
postliminium
Examples of 'recapture' in a sentence
recapture
It is two months to the day since the Mosul operation began and barely a quarter of the city has been recaptured from Isis.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Has he had enough time since his injury to recapture his best form?
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The recapture of this prisoner is now a matter for the police.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
He demanded the execution of the recaptured prisoners.
The Sun (2013)
Seeing him trying to recapture his glory days as he has approached middle age has been the saddest of sights.
The Sun (2012)
He has yet to recapture the form that saw him strike twice last December.
The Sun (2016)
After a lacklustre season he recaptured his form in style, winning as he pleased.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
He performed well there but did not quite recapture the glory of his Ashes summer.
The Sun (2006)
A club who are at last trying to recapture the glory nights of a bygone era.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
I needed to find something that would recapture that.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
If he can recapture the form that earned him international recognition, he could be the signing of the summer.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
He needs to get back to scoring runs for Yorkshire and show he has the appetite for putting in the effort to recapture his form.
The Sun (2008)
Whether an SUV is going to be enough to help the badge recapture its faded glory remains to be seen.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Local Afghan officials yesterday said they had recaptured 65 prisoners.
The Sun (2011)
I'd hoped to recapture something.
The Times Literary Supplement (2013)
Mosul's exiled deputy governor warned that the longer it was delayed, the harder it would become to recapture the city.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
But his transfer request was rejected and the Gunners captain has now overcome his bitter disappointment to recapture the form which made him football's hottest property.
The Sun (2010)
That trip was a very precious experience for me, because I think we recaptured something of what those young people had lost.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
In other languages
recapture
British English: recapture VERB
When soldiers recapture an area of land or a place, they gain control of it again from an opposing army who had taken it from them.
The rebels recaptured the area.
American English: recapture
Brazilian Portuguese: retomar
Chinese: 重新占领
European Spanish: reconquistar
French: reprendre
German: wieder einnehmen
Italian: rioccupare
Japanese: 奪還する
Korean: 탈환하다
European Portuguese: retomar
Latin American Spanish: reconquistar
1 (verb)
Definition
to relive vividly (a former experience or sensation)
He couldn't recapture the form he'd shown in getting to the semi-final.