capital
A1Frequent NGSL-1UK /ˈkæpɪtl/US /ˈkæpɪtl/
Meaning
adjective
having the form and size used at the beginning of a sentence or a name
“English is written with a capital ‘E’.”
noun
the most important town or city of a country or region, where the government operates from
“Cairo is the capital of Egypt.”
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“there's quite a lot of capital also I”
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“have called named Broadway because Broadway is the capital of live entertainment with the ATI we are developing the graphic chipset code named Hollywood because Hollywood is the capital of movie entertainment”
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“Working on improvised tables in the garage of his Seattle home and using his parents' savings as startup capital, Jeff defied the forces that cause most young companies to fail.”
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