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English to Bangla Meaning of captive - বন্দী


বন্দি, কয়েদি

captive

Noun

বন্দী, বিমুগ্ধ ব্যক্তি

Adjective

ধৃত


Definitions of captive in English

adjective

(1) Being in captivity

(2) Giving or marked by complete attention to

(3) In captivity

(4) Deeply moved

(5) Physically held by force

(6) Mentally enchanted

(7) Held

noun

(1) A person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war.

(2) An animal that is confined.

(3) A person held in the grip of a strong emotion or passion.

(4) A person who is confined.

(5) Especially a prisoner of war.

(6) Person held physically.

Examples of captive in English

(1) And while scientists don't know for sure, Kunz suggests bat midwifery isn't an anomaly restricted to captive populations.

(2) Jared's brother gets whacked, and Jared finds himself a prisoner, inexplicably held captive in a jail cell.

(3) I had returned to the bed and was laying down, trying to figure out where I was and who was holding me captive , when the lock clicked on the door.

(4) Gerstein's studies with captive manatees have shown that the animals cannot hear approaching boats and get out of the way before being hit.

(5) To avoid heavy losses, the banks had their captive securities firms package the loans and sell them as securities to the proverbial widows and orphans.

(6) They're a captive audience, with no real choices and no real means to fight for their right to party.

(7) The company has made no secret of its intention to work with broadcasters and advertisers, and to market products directly to its 400,000-strong captive audience.

(8) It's just plain exploitation of a captive audience.

(9) However, instead of just setting up a massive captive development centre, it wants software developers to use its platform to come out with applications.

(10) These were then used to hold political prisoners captive .

(11) It's an opportunity for box holders to thank a captive audience for their loyalty, as well as fostering goodwill, generating new business and cementing working relationships.

(12) But they couldn't move, literally, held captive by a security lockdown after a U.S. airliner smashed into a residential area in Queens nearby.

(13) Among the new operations is Euro Insurances, a captive company of Lease - Plan Corporation.

(14) Fed up with expensive state assigned-risk pools, DDA rented a captive facility instead - and slashed its expenses by half.

(15) Extended interswitching is intended to give captive shippers viable alternatives for rail transport.

(16) In Delhi, there would be about 73,000 IT professionals of Indian companies doing both captive and outsourcing jobs.

(17) A captive wild animal can only show us the loneliness, fear and boredom they experience for the entirety of their miserable lives.

(18) The acquired company has a steel making capacity of 1m tonne, matching mills and associated infrastructure including a captive port.

(19) She was taken captive early in the plans of imprisonment.

(20) It's all a scheme to build a captive audience for his lectures.

synonyms of captive

confined

jailed

intent

prisoner

Antonyms of captive

free

Free

Independent

Loose

Disillusioned

Uninterested

TV series example of the word

and a captive audience to hear about it?
You bet I am.

The Big Bang Theory Season 9, Episode 16

and a captive audience to hear about it? You bet I am.

Lord Bolton took me
captive after Winterfell.

Game of Thrones Season 4, Episode 8

Lord Bolton took me captive after Winterfell.

and hold him captive with impunity,

Game of Thrones Season 1, Episode 7

and hold him captive with impunity,

I was brought here a captive.

Game of Thrones Season 2, Episode 6

I was brought here a captive.

He's been their captive

Game of Thrones Season 6, Episode 8

He's been their captive

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Published: 12 Mar, 2023

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