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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024cap•tive /ˈkæptɪv/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a prisoner:They freed their captives before surrendering.
adj. [ before a noun] - kept or held in confinement: captive animals.
- unable to avoid listening to something:Her dinner guests were always a captive audience for her stories.
Idioms- take or hold (someone) captive, to take or keep (someone) as a prisoner, esp. in war:We took them captive.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024cap•tive (kap′tiv),USA pronunciation n. - a prisoner.
- a person who is enslaved or dominated;
slave:He is the captive of his own fears.
adj. - made or held prisoner, esp. in war:captive troops.
- kept in confinement or restraint:captive animals.
- enslaved by love, beauty, etc.;
captivated:her captive beau. - of or pertaining to a captive.
- managed as an affiliate or subsidiary of a corporation and operated almost exclusively for the use or needs of the parent corporation rather than independently for the general public:a captive shop; a captive mine.
- Latin captīvus, equivalent. to capt(us) taken (past participle of capere to take) + -īvus -ive
- Middle French)
- Middle English (1300–50
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: captive /ˈkæptɪv/ n - a person or animal that is confined or restrained, esp a prisoner of war
- a person whose behaviour is dominated by some emotion: a captive of love
adj - held as prisoner
- held under restriction or control; confined: captive water held behind a dam
- captivated; enraptured
- unable by circumstances to avoid speeches, advertisements, etc (esp in the phrase captive audience)
Etymology: 14th Century: from Latin captīvus, from capere to take |