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- pronunciation:
- kae
pih
t
 l
- parts of speech:
- noun, adjective
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun, adjective), Word Explorer, Word Parts
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noun |
| definition 1: |
the city where the central government of a nation or state is located.
The capital of France is Paris.- similar words:
- center, city, headquarters, metropolis, seat
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| definition 2: |
an upper-case letter.
Names of months begin with capitals in English just like names of people.- synonyms:
- cap, capital letter, majuscule
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| definition 3: |
money or other wealth owned or used by a business.
We will be expanding our business as soon as we get enough capital.- synonyms:
- cash, finances, funds, working capital
- similar words:
- assets, means, money, reserve, resources, stock, supplies, wealth, wherewithal
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| definition 4: |
money or other wealth used to produce further wealth, as by investment.
They invested all their capital in the stock market hoping to make a large profit.- synonyms:
- investment, principal
- similar words:
- assets, finances, funds, money, reserve, riches, stock, wealth
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| related words: |
asset, budget, circumstance, means, principal, tangible |
verb + (n.)capital
access, acquire, attack, defend, establish, found, gain, invade, invest, lose, move, raise, tax, tour
noun + (n.)capital
interim, temporary
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| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
relating to financial capital.
The plant will have to close despite recent capital investment.- synonyms:
- financial
- similar words:
- fiscal, monetary, pecuniary
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| definition 2: |
of primary importance.
Depression is one of the capital reasons behind employee absenteeism.- synonyms:
- cardinal, central, dominant, key, paramount, predominant, primary, prime, vital
- similar words:
- crucial, first, foremost, main, major, preeminent, principal, supreme, ultimate
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| definition 3: |
being of high quality; first rate.
That's capital advice!- synonyms:
- choice, classic, excellent, fine, first-class, first-rate, outstanding, quality, super, superb, superlative, topnotch
- similar words:
- bully, dandy, famous, matchless, peerless, preeminent, superior, tiptop, top
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| definition 4: |
pertaining to the official location of a state or national government.
They live in the suburbs of the capital city.- similar words:
- central, major, national, state
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| definition 5: |
upper-case.
The first letter of your name must be written as a capital letter.- synonyms:
- majuscule, upper-case
- similar words:
- big, large
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| definition 6: |
referring to the death penalty.
Capital punishment is also called the death penalty.Murder is a capital crime in some states.- similar words:
- deadly, serious
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| related words: |
ace, best, excellent, good, royal, superlative, tangible |
(adj.)capital
+ noun
offense
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The word capital
contains the following parts:
cap2, capit, cipit
Latin
root
that means head
  Example words:
-al2, -ial, -ual
Latin
adjective-forming suffix
that means pertaining to
More about this word part:
The suffix -al2, -ial
attaches primarily to nouns ( national
, environmental
) but sometimes to Latin or Greek roots ( final
, capital
, comical
) to form adjectives. See also -ar1.
Example words:
abnormal, accidental, additional, aerial, annual, artificial, biblical, brutal, capital, central, chemical, classical, coastal, colonial, comical, commercial, confidential, constitutional, continual, controversial, conventional, criminal, critical, crucial, cultural, cylindrical, dental, detrimental, developmental, economical, editorial, educational, electrical, emotional, environmental, essential, equal, exceptional, experimental, facial, factual, federal, final, financial, floral, formal, functional, fundamental, general, global, grammatical, habitual, historical, hysterical, illogical, immoral, impersonal, impractical, individual, industrial, influential, internal, legal, local, logical, lyrical, magical, mathematical, memorial, mental, moral, mortal, musical, mythical, national, natural, nautical, neutral, normal, official, parental, personal, plural, political, potential, racial, rational, regional, irrational, intellectual, rhythmical, seasonal, spinal, spiritual, technological, thermal, tidal, traditional, tribal, typical, universal, unnatural, verbal, virtual, vocal, visual
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