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capital / Capital > 11 senses
ADJECTIVE1capitalFirst-rate
2capitalOf primary important
3capital, 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, uppercase, upper-case letter, majusculeOne of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis
5capitalA center that is associated more than any other with some activity or product
6Capital, WashingtonThe federal government of the United States
7Capital, Das KapitalA book written by Karl Marx (1867) describing his economic theories
8capital, chapiter, capThe upper part of a column that supports the entablature
capital / Capital > pronunciation
Soundskae'pahtahl; kae'pihtahl
Rhymesabdominal, Abel, able, and 2061 more rhymes in ahl...
capital > adjective 1
MeaningFirst-rate.
Examples"a capital fellow"; "a capital idea"
Similar tosuperior
RegionUnited Kingdom, UK, U.K., Great Britain, GB, Britain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
capital > adjective 2
MeaningOf primary important.
Examples"our capital concern was to avoid defeat"
Similar toprimary
capital > adjective 3
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, current assets, quick assets
Broaderassets
Narrowerstock; venture capital, risk capital; operating capital; seed money
Nounscapitalist
Verbscapitalize, capitalise; capitalise; capitalize, 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.
Broaderassets
Narrowerendowment, endowment fund; means, substance; principal, corpus, principal sum
Nounscapitalist
Verbscapitalise
capital > noun 3, location
MeaningA seat of government.
Broaderseat
NarrowerCamelot; national capital; provincial capital; state capital
InstancesGeorge 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
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, uppercase, upper-case letter, majuscule
Contrarysmall letter, lowercase, lower-case letter, minuscule
Broadercharacter, grapheme, graphic symbol
Narrowersmall capital, small cap
Verbscapitalize, capitalise
capital > noun 5, location
MeaningA center that is associated more than any other with some activity or product.
Examples"the crime capital of Italy"; "the drug capital of Columbia"
Broadercenter, centre
Capital > noun 6, group
MeaningThe federal government of the United States.
SynonymsWashington
Broaderfederal government
Capital > noun 7, communication
MeaningA book written by Karl Marx (1867) describing his economic theories.
SynonymsDas Kapital
Instance ofbook
capital > noun 8, artifact
MeaningThe upper part of a column that supports the entablature.
Synonymschapiter, cap
Part ofcolumn, pillar
Broadertop

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