Meaning & Definition of Capital in English
English⟶
Capital
/kæpətəl/
noun
1. Assets available for use in the production of further assets
synonym:
- capital,
- working capital
2. Wealth in the form of money or property owned by a person or business and human resources of economic value
synonym:
- capital
3. A seat of government
synonym:
- capital
4. One of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis
- "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,
- capital letter,
- uppercase,
- upper-case letter,
- majuscule
5. A center that is associated more than any other with some activity or product
- "The crime capital of italy"
- "The drug capital of columbia"
synonym:
- capital
6. The federal government of the united states
synonym:
- Capital,
- Washington
7. A book written by karl marx (1867) describing his economic theories
synonym:
- Das Kapital,
- Capital
8. The upper part of a column that supports the entablature
synonym:
- capital,
- chapiter,
- cap
adjective
1. First-rate
- "A capital fellow"
- "A capital idea"
synonym:
- capital
2. Of primary importance
- "Our capital concern was to avoid defeat"
synonym:
- capital
3. Uppercase
- "Capital a"
- "Great a"
- "Many medieval manuscripts are in majuscule script"
synonym:
- capital,
- great,
- majuscule
Examples of using
Tirana is the capital city of Albania.
The capital of Zimbabwe is Harare.
Athens is the capital of Greece.