NOUN | possession | capital, working capital | assets available for use in the production of further assets |
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possession | capital | wealth in the form of money or property owned by a person or business and human resources of economic value | |
location | capital | a seat of government | |
communication | capital, capital letter, uppercase, upper-case letter, majuscule | one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis | |
location | capital | a center that is associated more than any other with some activity or product / product | |
group | Capital, Washington | the federal government of the United States | |
communication | Capital, Das Kapital | a book written by Karl Marx (1867) describing his economic theories | |
artifact | capital, chapiter, cap | the upper part of a column that supports the entablature | |
ADJECTIVE | all | capital | first-rate |
all | capital | of primary importance | |
all | capital, great, majuscule | uppercase |
Sounds | kae'pahtahl; kae'pihtahl | |
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Rhymes | abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl... |
Meaning | first-rate. | |
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Region | United Kingdom, UK, U.K., Britain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Great Britain | A monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles |
Broader | superior | Of high or superior quality or performance |
Meaning | Of primary importance. | |
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Example | "our capital concern was to avoid defeat" | |
Broader | primary | Of first rank or importance or value |
Spanish | capital |
Meaning | uppercase. | |
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Example | "capital A" | |
Synonyms | great, majuscule | |
Broader | uppercase | relating to capital letters which were kept in the top half of a compositor's type case |
Spanish | capital, mayúscula | |
Catalan | capital, majúscula | |
Nouns | capital | one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis |
Meaning | wealth in the form of money or property owned by a person or business and human resources of economic value. | |
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Narrower | endowment, endowment fund | The capital that provides income for an institution |
means, substance | considerable capital (wealth / wealth or income) | |
principal, corpus, principal sum | Capital as contrasted with the income derived from it | |
Broader | assets | Anything of material value or usefulness that is owned by a person or company |
Spanish | capital | |
Catalan | capital | |
Nouns | capitalist | a person who invests capital in a business (especially a large business) |
Verbs | capitalise | compute the present value of a business or an income |
Meaning | A seat of government. | |
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Instances | Camelot | (Arthurian legend) the capital of King Arthur's kingdom |
Narrower | national capital | The capital city of a nation |
provincial capital | The capital city of a province | |
state capital | The capital city of a political subdivision of a country | |
Broader | seat | A center of authority (as a city from which authority is exercised) |
Spanish | capital | |
Catalan | capital |
Meaning | One of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis. | |
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Synonyms | capital letter, uppercase, upper-case letter, majuscule | |
Narrower | small capital, small cap | A character having the form of an upper-case letter but the same height as lower-case letters |
Broader | character, graph, grapheme, graphic symbol | A written symbol that is used to represent speech |
Opposite | small letter, lowercase, lower-case letter, minuscule | The characters that were once kept in bottom half of a compositor's type case |
Spanish | caja alta, letra mayúscula, mayúscula | |
Catalan | caixa alta, lletra majúscula, majúscula | |
Adjectives | capital | uppercase |
Verbs | capitalize, capitalise | write in capital letters |
Meaning | A center that is associated more than any other with some activity or product / product. | |
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Broader | center, centre | A place where some particular activity is concentrated |
Spanish | capital |
Meaning | The federal government of the United States. | |
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Synonym | Washington | |
Instance of | federal government | A government with strong central powers |
Spanish | Capital, capitolio, Washington | |
Catalan | capitol, Washington |
Meaning | A book written by Karl Marx (1867) describing his economic theories. | |
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Synonym | Das Kapital | |
Instance of | book | A written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together) |
Spanish | Das Kapital, El Capital | |
Catalan | El capital, El Capital |
Meaning | The upper part of a column that supports the entablature. | |
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Synonyms | chapiter, cap | |
Part of | column, pillar | (architecture) a tall vertical cylindrical structure standing upright and used to support a structure |
Broader | top | The upper part of anything |
Spanish | capital, capitel | |
Catalan | capital, capitell |
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