"recapture" meaning in English

See recapture in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˌriːˈkaptʃə/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-recapture.wav [UK] Forms: recapture [singular], recaptures [plural]
Etymology: re- + capture Etymology templates: {{ety-prefix|re|capture}} re- + capture Head templates: {{noun}} [POS TABLE]
  1. A recapture is the act of capturing something again.
    Sense id: simple-recapture-en-noun-wSmlRQ2s
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Terms prefixed with re-

Verb

IPA: /ˌriːˈkaptʃə/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-recapture.wav [UK] Forms: recapture [canonical], recaptures [third-person, singular], recaptured [past], recaptured [past, participle], recapturing [present, participle]
Etymology: re- + capture Etymology templates: {{ety-prefix|re|capture}} re- + capture Head templates: {{verb|recaptur|e}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you recapture something, you capture it again.
    Sense id: simple-recapture-en-verb-2Ba-NQS4
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Terms prefixed with re-
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