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" I've become a captive of my own ambitions."
Patsy Cline

Meaning of "captive" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CAPTIVE

From Latin captīvus, from capere to take.
Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF CAPTIVE

ˈkæptɪv


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CAPTIVE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Captive can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES CAPTIVE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Captivity

Captivity or Captive may refer to: ▪ Imprisonment or hostage, the state of being confined to a space from which it is difficult or impossible to escape ▪ Captive company ▪ Captivity, the keeping of either domesticated animals or wild animals ▪ the Babylonian captivity of Judah, as described in the Bible ▪ Captivity narrative a genre of stories about people being captured by "uncivilized" enemies ▪ Captive! the eighth novel in World of Adventure series by Gary Paulsen ▪ Captive, a 1990 computer role-playing game ▪ Captive NTFS, an open-source project ▪ Captivity Records, a Chicago, Illinois-based independent record label. ▪ Captive portal, a technique that forces an HTTP client on a network to see a special web page ▪ Captive insurance companies are insurance companies established with the specific objective of financing risks emanating from their parent group ▪ Captive service, a type of business process outsourcing where an organization will use a wholly owned subsidiary instead of a third party vendor ▪ Captive, the only solo album to date by The Edge, guitarist of U2...

Definition of captive in the English dictionary

The first definition of captive in the dictionary is a person or animal that is confined or restrained, esp a prisoner of war. Other definition of captive is a person whose behaviour is dominated by some emotion. Captive is also held as prisoner.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CAPTIVE

absorptive · adaptive · adoptive · adsorptive · contraceptive · deceptive · descriptive · disruptive · exaptive · inadaptive · maladaptive · nociceptive · nonadaptive · perceptive · pre-emptive · preadaptive · prescriptive · presumptive · proprioceptive · receptive

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CAPTIVE

caption · captionless · captious · captiously · captiousness · captivance · captivate · captivating · captivatingly · captivation · captivator · captivaunce · captive audience · captive breeding · captive market · captive-bred · captivities · captivity · captopril · captor

WORDS THAT END LIKE CAPTIVE

acceptive · active · assumptive · conceptive · consumptive · corruptive · eruptive · exemptive · exteroceptive · heir presumptive · inceptive · interceptive · interoceptive · interruptive · nondisruptive · proscriptive · resorptive · sorptive · subscriptive · transumptive · unreceptive

Synonyms and antonyms of captive in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «CAPTIVE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «captive» and belong to the same grammatical category.

Translation of «captive» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF CAPTIVE

Find out the translation of captive to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of captive from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «captive» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

被囚禁的
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

cautivo
570 millions of speakers
en

English

captive
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

बंदी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الأسير
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

в плен
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

enclausurado
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

বন্দী
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

captif
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

tawanan
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

gefangen
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

捕らわれの
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

사로잡힌
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Tawanan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bị giam cầm
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

சிறைப்பிடிக்கப்பட்ட
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

बंदिस्त
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

esir
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

prigioniero
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

niewoli
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

в полон
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

captiv
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αιχμαλωσία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

gevange
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

fångenskap
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

captive
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of captive

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CAPTIVE»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of captive
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «captive».

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about captive

EXAMPLES

10 QUOTES WITH «CAPTIVE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word captive.
1
Shawn Amos
The rise of digital technology put marketers in a bind. No longer a captive audience, consumers were splitting their time across devices, social networks and websites.
2
William Wells Brown
I would have the Constitution torn in shreds and scattered to the four winds of heaven. Let us destroy the Constitution and build on its ruins the temple of liberty. I have brothers in slavery. I have seen chains placed on their limbs and beheld them captive.
3
Giordano Bruno
Divine love does not weigh down, nor carry his servant captive and enslaved to the lowest depths, but raises him, supports him and magnifies him above all liberty whatsoever.
4
Mark Caine
The first step toward success is taken when you refuse to be a captive of the environment in which you first find yourself.
5
Patsy Cline
I've become a captive of my own ambitions.
6
Jim Dale
When I was nine, we'd take a bus to the seaside. Coming back, we'd take turns entertaining, singing songs and the like. I tried some stand-up comedy. I had a captive audience in that bus. Then I realized I wanted to do more than that.
7
Margaret Fuller
It seems that it is madder never to abandon one's self than often to be infatuated; better to be wounded, a captive and a slave, than always to walk in armor.
8
Emma Goldman
Anarchism is the great liberator of man from the phantoms that have held him captive; it is the arbiter and pacifier of the two forces for individual and social harmony.
9
Tim Gunn
But if I had to choose a single destination where I'd be held captive for the rest of my time in New York, I'd choose the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
10
Frank Herbert
Seek freedom and become captive of your desires. Seek discipline and find your liberty.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CAPTIVE»

Discover the use of captive in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to captive and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Captive
When Kofi's father, an Ashanti chief, is killed, Kofi is sold as a slave and ends up in Massachusetts, where his fate is in the hands of Paul Cuffe, an African American shipbuilder who works to return slaves to their homeland in Africa.
Joyce Hansen, 1994
2
Indian Captive: The Story of Mary Jemison
This Newbery Honor book is based on the true story of Mary Jemison, the pioneer known as the “White Woman of the Genesee.” This ebook features an illustrated biography of Lois Lenski including rare images and never-before-seen documents ...
Lois Lenski, 2011
3
Captive Audience: The Telecom Industry and Monopoly Power in ...
In the clearest terms, this book explores how telecommunications monopolies have affected the daily lives of consumers and America's global economic standing.
Susan P. Crawford, 2013
4
Calico Captive
Based on an actual narrative diary published in 1807, Calico Captive skillfully reenacts an absorbing facet of history.
Elizabeth George Speare, 2001
5
Captive: One House, Three Women and Ten Years in Hell
Based on exclusive interviews with witnesses, psychologists, family and police, this is an unflinching record of a truly shocking crime in a very ordinary neighbourhood.
Allan Hall, 2013
6
Captive: 2,147 Days of Terror in the Colombian Jungle
For the next three years, Clara was given no information about him, but her desire to one day see him again kept her alive. In early 2008, Clara was finally liberated and reunited with her son—to whom this book is dedicated.
Clara Rojas, 2010
7
Environmental Enrichment for Captive Animals
This book is the first to integrate scientific knowledge and principles to show how environmental enrichment can be used on different types of animal.
Robert J. Young, 2008
8
Captive
'Captiveis not 'dumbed down' history...I had goose bumps, anxiously wondering what would happen next!' �Kara Fossey, Groton Historical Society the companion volume,Compelled, completes the story ofCaptive.
P. Gifford Longley, 2011
9
Captive Of My Desires
Captive of My Desires tells a passionate love story that will capture your heart and never let go A passionate love story that will capture your heart and never let go Devastated by her mother's death, eighteen-year-old Gabrielle Brooks ...
Johanna Lindsey, 2012
10
Captive State: The Corporate Takeover of Britain
Monbiot documents the end of representative government in Britain.
George Monbiot, 2001

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CAPTIVE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term captive is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Innovative Captive Strategies Acquires Aceterrus Insurance …
Aceterrus is the premier independent captive management firm based in the Northwest United States and provides risk consulting, licensing ... «PR Newswire, Jul 15»
2
Oklahoma man accused of raping, assaulting 3 teens while holding …
Another says she was held captive for 8 months. One of the women says she became pregnant during her captivity. She was able to escape ... «kfor.com, Jul 15»
3
Man drove captive 500km from Vic to SA
THE victim, who is known to the alleged kidnapper, was taken captive in St Albans, in Melbourne's west, early on Sunday, police said on ... «NEWS.com.au, Jul 15»
4
How happy are captive marine mammals? UBC scientist to lead …
If only whales could talk, it would be much easier to determine how mentally and physically healthy they are in captivity. But as it stands, ... «MetroNews Canada, Jul 15»
5
Apple Stores Are Holding the New MacBooks Captive
The major design feature of Apple's new MacBook is its low weight. To hold it in one's hand, untethered, is to appreciate the significance of the ... «The Mac Observer, Jul 15»
6
Children, woman held captive in Tarneit siege
A man armed with a machete has held police at bay for more than three hours after barricading himself inside a Tarneit home with a woman ... «The Age, Jul 15»
7
Georgia Hopes to Establish State as Captive-Friendly with Newly …
The effort to make the changes to the law was spearheaded by the Georgia Captive Insurance Association (GCIA), formed in October 2014 with ... «Insurance Journal, Jul 15»
8
Ukrainian pilot held captive in Russia refused jury trial
Captive Ukrainian fighter pilot and MP Nadiya Savchenko has been denied a jury trial by the Moscow authorities, who on Monday, transferred ... «Ukraine Today, Jul 15»
9
Bismarck Man Arrested After Holding Woman Captive
A Bismarck man is in custody after he broke into a woman's home and held her captive. A neighbor called police early Friday morning after ... «KFYR-TV, Jul 15»
10
Chimpanzees: All Finally Listed as Endangered, Both Captive and …
It's official! The chimpanzee is a fully protected species in the United States regardless of whether it is a captive or wild animal. And that's good ... «Nature World News, Jul 15»
REFERENCE
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