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capital / Capital > 10 senses
ADJECTIVE1capitalFirst-rate
2capitalPunishable by death
3capitalOf primary important
4capital, great, majusculeUppercase
NOUN1capital, working capitalAssets available for use in the production of further assets
2capitalWealth in the form of money or property owned by a person or business and human resources of economic value
3capitalA seat of government
4capital, capital letter, upper case, upper-case letter, majusculeOne of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis
5Capital, Das KapitalA book written by Karl Marx (1867) describing his economic theories
6capital, chapiter, capThe upper part of a column that supports the entablature
capital / Capital > pronunciation
Soundskae'pahtahl; kae'pihtahl
Rhymesabdominal, Abel, able, and 2059 more rhymes in ahl at the HyperDic website...
capital > adjective 1
MeaningFirst-rate.
Examples"a capital fellow"; "a capital idea"
RegionUnited Kingdom, UK, Great Britain, GB, Britain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Similar tosuperior
capital > adjective 2
MeaningPunishable by death.
Examples"a capital offense"
Similar toserious
capital > adjective 3
MeaningOf primary important.
Examples"our capital concern was to avoid defeat"
Similar toprimary
capital > adjective 4
MeaningUppercase.
Examples"capital A"
Synonymsgreat, majuscule
Similar touppercase
capital > noun 1, possession
MeaningAssets available for use in the production of further assets.
Synonymsworking capital
Membersliquid assets, quick assets
Narrowerstock; venture capital, risk capital; operating capital; seed money
Broaderassets
Verbscapitalize, capitalise; capitalize, capitalise; capitalise; capitalise
capital > noun 2, possession
MeaningWealth in the form of money or property owned by a person or business and human resources of economic value.
Narrowerendowment, endowment fund; means, substance; principal, corpus, principal sum
Broaderassets
Verbscapitalise
capital > noun 3, location
MeaningA seat of government.
NarrowerCamelot; national capital; provincial capital; state capital; George Town; Bridgetown, capital of Barbados; Bratislava, capital of Slovakia, Pressburg, Pozsony; Sucre; Belfast, capital of Northern Ireland; Edinburgh; Cardiff; Minsk, capital of Belarus; Tallinn, Tallin, capital of Estonia; Riga, capital of Latvia; Vilnius, Vilna, Vilno, Wilno, capital of Lithuania; Kishinev, Chisinau, capital of Moldova; Kyyiv, Kiev, capital of the Ukraine; Yerevan, Jerevan, Erivan, capital of Armenia; Baku, capital of Azerbaijan; Tbilisi, Tiflis, capital of Georgia; Astana, Akmola, capital of Kazakhstan; Bishkek, Biskek, Frunze, capital of Kyrgyzstan; Dushanbe, Dusanbe, Dyushambe, Stalinabad, capital of Tajikistan; Ashkhabad, capital of Turkmenistan; Tashkent, Taskent, capital of Uzbek
Broaderseat
capital > noun 4, communication
MeaningOne of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis.
Examples"printers once kept the type for capitals and for small letters in separate cases; capitals were kept in the upper half of the type case and so became known as upper-case letters"
Synonymscapital letter, upper case, upper-case letter, majuscule
Narrowersmall capital, small cap
Broadercharacter, grapheme, graphic symbol
Contrarysmall letter, lower case, lower-case letter, minuscule
Verbscapitalize, capitalise
Capital > noun 5, communication
MeaningA book written by Karl Marx (1867) describing his economic theories.
SynonymsDas Kapital
Broaderbook
capital > noun 6, artifact
MeaningThe upper part of a column that supports the entablature.
Synonymschapiter, cap
Part ofcolumn, pillar
Broadertop

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