capital, great, majuscule
(adjective) uppercase; “capital A”; “great A”; “many medieval manuscripts are in majuscule script”
capital
(adjective) of primary importance; “our capital concern was to avoid defeat”
capital
(adjective) first-rate; “a capital fellow”; “a capital idea”
capital, chapiter, cap
(noun) the upper part of a column that supports the entablature
capital, capital letter, uppercase, upper-case letter, majuscule
(noun) 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”
Capital, Washington
(noun) the federal government of the United States
capital
(noun) a seat of government
capital
(noun) a center that is associated more than any other with some activity or product; “the crime capital of Italy”; “the drug capital of Columbia”
capital
(noun) wealth in the form of money or property owned by a person or business and human resources of economic value
capital, working capital
(noun) assets available for use in the production of further assets
Source: WordNet® 3.1
capital (countable and uncountable, plural capitals)
(uncountable, economics) Already-produced durable goods available for use as a factor of production, such as steam shovels (equipment) and office buildings (structures).
(uncountable, business, finance, insurance) Money and wealth. The means to acquire goods and services, especially in a non-barter system.
(countable) A city designated as a legislative seat by the government or some other authority, often the city in which the government is located; otherwise the most important city within a country or a subdivision of it.
(countable) The most important city in the field specified.
(countable) An uppercase letter.
(countable, architecture) The uppermost part of a column.
(uncountable) Knowledge; awareness; proficiency.
(countable, by extension) The chief or most important thing.
The homophone capitol refers only to a building, usually one that houses the legislative branch of a government, and often one located in a capital city.
• (An uppercase letter): caps (in the plural), majuscule
• (An uppercase letter): minuscule
capital (not comparable)
Of prime importance.
Chief, in a political sense, as being the seat of the general government of a state or nation.
(comparable, British, dated) Excellent.
Involving punishment by death.
Uppercase.
Antonym: lower-case
Of or relating to the head.
• palatic, placita
Source: Wiktionary
Cap"i*tal, a. Etym: [F. capital, L. capitalis capital (in senses 1 & 2), fr. caput head. See Chief, and cf. Capital, n.]
1. Of or pertaining to the head. [Obs.] Needs must the Serpent now his capital bruise Expect with mortal pain. Milton.
2. Having reference to, or involving, the forfeiture of the head or life; affecting life; punishable with death; as, capital trials; capital punishment. Many crimes that are capital among us. Swift. To put to death a capital offender. Milton.
3. First in importance; chief; principal. A capital article in religion Atterbury. Whatever is capital and essential in Christianity. I. Taylor.
4. Chief, in a political sense, as being the seat of the general government of a state or nation; as, Washington and Paris are capital cities.
5. Of first rate quality; excellent; as, a capital speech or song. [Colloq.]
Capital letter Etym: [F, lettre capitale] (Print.), a leading or heading letter, used at the beginning of a sentence and as the first letter of certain words, distinguished, for the most part, both by different form and larger size, from the small (lower-case) letters, which form the greater part of common print or writing.
– Small capital letters have the form of capital letters and height of the body of the lower-case letters.
– Capital stock, money, property, or stock invested in any business, or the enterprise of any corporation or institution. Abbott.
Syn.
– Chief; leading; controlling; prominent.
Cap"i*tal, n. Etym: [Cf. L. capitellum and Capitulum, a small head, the head, top, or capital of a column, dim. of caput head; F. chapiteau, OF. capitel. See Chief, and cf. Cattle, Chattel, Chapiter, Chapter.]
1. (Arch.)
Definition: 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.
2. Etym: [Cf. F. capilate, fem., sc. ville.] (Geog.)
Definition: The seat of government; the chief city or town in a country; a metropolis. "A busy and splendid capital" Macauly.
3. Etym: [Cf. F. capital.]
Definition: Money, property, or stock employed in trade, manufactures, etc.; the sum invested or lent, as distinguished from the income or interest. See Capital stock, under Capital, a.
4. (Polit. Econ.)
Definition: That portion of the produce of industry, which may be directly employed either to support human beings or to assist in production. M'Culloch.
Note: When wealth is used to assist production it is called capital. The capital of a civilized community includes fixed capital (i.e. buildings, machines, and roads used in the course of production and exchange) amd circulating capital (i.e., food, fuel, money, etc., spent in the course of production and exchange). T. Raleing.
5. Anything which can be used to increase one's power or influence. He tried to make capital out of his rival's discomfiture. London Times.
6. (Fort.)
Definition: An imaginary line dividing a bastion, ravelin, or other work, into two equal parts.
7. A chapter, or section, of a book. [Obs.] Holy St. Bernard hath said in the 59th capital. Sir W. Scott.
8. (Print.)
Definition: See Capital letter, under Capital, a. Active capital. See under Active, -- Small capital (Print.), a small capital letter. See under Capital, a.
– To live on one's capital, to consume one's capital without producing or accumulating anything to replace it.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 November 2024
(noun) infestation with slender threadlike roundworms (filaria) deposited under the skin by the bite of black fleas; when the eyes are involved it can result in blindness; common in Africa and tropical America
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
