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capital
('k/&/p/I/t/-/l )

adjective (a)

  • Of or pertaining to the head.(adjective)
    source: webster1913

noun (n)

  • assets available for use in the production of further assets(noun.possession)
    Synonym:
    working capital
    source: wordnet30
  • wealth in the form of money or property owned by a person or business and human resources of economic value(noun.possession)
    source: wordnet30
  • a seat of government(noun.location)
    source: wordnet30
  • one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis(noun.communication)
    Example:
    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.
    Synonym:
    capital letter, majuscule, upper-case letter, uppercase
    Antonym:
    lower-case letter, lowercase, minuscule, small letter
    source: wordnet30
  • a center that is associated more than any other with some activity or product(noun.location)
    Example:
    The crime capital of Italy.
    The drug capital of Columbia.
    source: wordnet30
  • the federal government of the United States(noun.group)
    Synonym:
    washington
    source: wordnet30
  • a book written by Karl Marx (1867) describing his economic theories(noun.communication)
    Synonym:
    das kapital
    source: wordnet30
  • the upper part of a column that supports the entablature(noun.artifact)
    Synonym:
    cap, chapiter
    source: wordnet30
  • The head or uppermost member of a column, pilaster, etc. It consists generally of three parts, abacus, bell (or vase), and necking. See these terms, and Column.(noun)
    source: webster1913

adjective satellite (s)

  • first-rate(adj.all)
    Example:
    A capital fellow.
    A capital idea.
    source: wordnet30
  • of primary importance(adj.all)
    Example:
    Our capital concern was to avoid defeat.
    Synonym:
    basal, primary
    source: wordnet30
  • uppercase(adj.all)
    Example:
    Capital A.
    Synonym:
    great, majuscule
    source: wordnet30
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