to recapture

Examples

• All

• But she had to try once more to recapture her faith in the Cathedral of the Annunciation.

  Fiction book (2000)

• You're trying to recapture that old thrill.

  Mamaboy (2016)

• You wanna do it again, see if we can recapture something, is that it?

  The Evil Within (2017)

• I think that it was a signature of the first film, and we wanted to recapture that spirit with this one.

  Zombieland: Double Tap (2019)

• We're going back 150 years to recapture what was lost.

  Killer Weekend (2004)

• Try to recapture the happiness within yourself.

  The Fault in Our Stars (2014)

• We want this Valentine's to recapture the magic of when we first met.

  Cupids on Beacon Street (2021)

• Or is the day-to-day life so busy you feel like you'll never recapture that sense of childlike wonder?

• Are you trying to recapture some intangible feeling from childhood... when you dreamt of glamorous cities just out of reach?

  Sweet and Lowdown (1999)

• The documentary aimed to recapture the joy of childhood summers spent at the beach.

Synonyms

R

to recover

vsto recapture

748 2.5

Get back to a normal state after a loss, for example health or money

focuses on feeling a past mood rather than regaining normal function

R

to regain

vsto recapture

275 3.3

To get something back after losing it

concerns experiencing a past emotion rather than getting back possession

R

to relive

vsto recapture

107 3.7

Feel or imagine a past event again in your mind

is about feeling it again in the present, not only in memory

R

to restore

vsto recapture

70 3.5

Bring back a previous situation, function, or position

applies to feeling a past mood rather than rebuilding external situations

R

to rediscover

vsto recapture

47 3.2

Find again a place, skill, or interest you forgot

is about experiencing a past feeling rather than finding lost awareness

R

to rekindle

vsto recapture

33 5.1

Make a feeling or interest strong again

refers to feeling a past mood again rather than intentionally renewing it

R

to re-experience

vsto recapture

5.5

To feel a past event or emotion again

is the same meaning but expressed in a different form

R

to re-create

vsto recapture

5.4

Picture a past scene again in your mind

focuses on feeling the original mood rather than mentally rebuilding it

R

to reattain

vsto recapture

7.3

To get something back after you lose it

is about experiencing a past mood again rather than achieving goals

Antonyms

I

to ignore

∞ 1.0

Choose not to pay attention to someone or something

F

to forget

∞ 1.0

Not remember something you should remember

How Vivid

to relive

107 3.7

to re-experience

5.5

to recapture

26 6.0

to recall

∞ 2.4

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology