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1 N‑TITLE ; N‑COUNT In the army, navy, and some other armed forces, a captain is an officer of middle rank. □  …Captain Mark Phillips. □  …a captain in the British army. □  Are all your weapons in place, Captain?

2 N‑COUNT [n N ] The captain of a sports team is the player in charge of it. □  The former Australia cricket captain offers a unique insight into his nation's sporting psyche.

3 N‑COUNT The captain of a ship is the sailor in charge of it. □ [+ of ] …the captain of the aircraft carrier Saratoga.

4 N‑COUNT ; N‑TITLE The captain of an aeroplane is the pilot in charge of it.

5 N‑COUNT ; N‑TITLE In the United States and some other countries, a captain is a police officer or firefighter of fairly senior rank.

6 VERB If you captain a team or a ship, you are the captain of it. □ [V n] Two months later, he captained Pakistan to victory in the World Cup.

cap|tain|cy /kæ pt I nsi/ N‑UNCOUNT The captaincy of a team is the position of being captain. □ [+ of ] His captaincy of the team was ended by mild eye trouble.

ca p|tain of i n|dus|try (captains of industry ) N‑COUNT You can refer to the owners or senior managers of industrial companies as captains of industry .

cap|tcha /kæ ptʃə/ (captchas ) N‑VAR Captcha is a system for checking that a human and not a machine is using a computer. Captcha is an abbreviation for 'completely automated public Turing test to tell computers and humans apart'. □  We use captcha to screen for spam.

cap|tion ◆◆◇ /kæ pʃ ^ə n/ (captions ) N‑COUNT A caption is the words printed underneath a picture or cartoon which explain what it is about. □  On the back of the photo is written the simple caption, 'Mrs. Monroe'.

cap|ti|vate /kæ pt I ve I t/ (captivates , captivating , captivated ) VERB If you are captivated by someone or something, you find them fascinating and attractive. □ [be V -ed + by ] I was captivated by her brilliant mind. □ [V n] For 40 years she has captivated the world with her radiant looks.

cap|ti|vat|ing /kæ pt I ve I t I ŋ/ ADJ Someone or something that is captivating fascinates or attracts you. □  …her captivating smile and alluring looks.

cap|tive /kæ pt I v/ (captives )

1 ADJ A captive person or animal is being kept imprisoned or enclosed. [LITERARY ] □  Her heart had begun to pound inside her chest like a captive animal. ● N‑COUNT A captive is someone who is captive. □  He described the difficulties of surviving for four months as a captive.

2 ADJ [ADJ n] A captive audience is a group of people who are not free to leave a certain place and so have to watch or listen. A captive market is a group of people who cannot choose whether or where to buy things. □  We all performed dances before a captive audience of parents and patrons. □  Airlines consider business travellers a captive market.

3 PHRASE If you take someone captive or hold someone captive , you take or keep them as a prisoner. □  Richard was finally released one year after he'd been taken captive.

ca p|tive bree d|ing N‑UNCOUNT Captive breeding is the breeding of wild animals in places such as zoos, especially animals which have become rare in the wild.

cap|tiv|ity /kæpt I v I ti/ N‑UNCOUNT [oft in/of N ] Captivity is the state of being kept imprisoned or enclosed. □  The great majority of barn owls are reared in captivity. □  He was released today after more than two months of captivity.

cap|tor /kæ ptə ^r / (captors ) N‑COUNT [usu poss N ] You can refer to the person who has captured a person or animal as their captor . □  They did not know what their captors would do.