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noun
The act or process of capitalising.
Choice of case (when writing a word); the act or process of writing a word in a particular case, such as ALL CAPS, Title Case, CamelCase, Sentence case, or all lowercase.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The act or process of capitalising.
Choice of case (when writing a word); the act or process of writing a word in a particular case, such as ALL CAPS, Title Case, CamelCase, Sentence case, or all lowercase.
The act or process of writing (something: either an entire word or text, or just the initial letter(s) thereof) in capital letters.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The act or process of capitalising.
The act or process of seizing (an opportunity) and profiting or obtaining an advantage (from it).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
The state of being capitalised.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
The state of being capitalised.
The state of having a particular case, such as ALL CAPS or all lowercase.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
The total value of all outstanding shares for a publicly traded company
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
the sale of capital stock
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: capitalization
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: selling, merchandising, marketing
Narrower terms: overcapitalization, overcapitalisation
noun
the act of capitalizing on an opportunity
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: capitalization
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: exploitation, development
noun
an estimation of the value of a business
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: capitalization
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: estimate, estimation
Narrower terms: market capitalization, market capitalisation
noun
writing in capital letters
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: capitalization
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: writing
History
Etymology tree English capitalise Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English capitalisation From capitalise + -ation.
Across languages
20 source translations are retained for this English entry.
