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  1. capital
    [ˈkapədl]
    noun
    capital (noun)
    capitals (plural noun)
    capital city (noun)
    capital cities (plural noun)
    capital town (noun)
    capital towns (plural noun)
    capital letter (noun)
    capital letters (plural noun)
    1. the most important city or town of a country or region, usually its seat of government and administrative center:
      "Warsaw is the capital of Poland"
      Similar:
      first city
      most important city
      seat of government
      center of administration
      • wealth in the form of money or other assets owned by a person or organization or available or contributed for a particular purpose such as starting a company or investing:
        "rates of return on invested capital were high"
        "the senior partner would provide the initial capital"
        • a letter of the size and form used to begin sentences and names:
          "he wrote the name in capitals"
          Similar:
          upper-case letter
          uncial letter
          majuscule letter
          adjective
          capital (adjective)
          1. (of an offense or charge) liable to the death penalty:
            "murder was a capital crime"
            • (of a letter of the alphabet) large in size and of the form used to begin sentences and names.
              • informal
                dated
                excellent:
                "he's a really capital fellow"
                exclamation
                BRITISH ENGLISH
                informal
                dated
                1. used to express approval, satisfaction, or delight:
                  "That's splendid! Capital!"
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                  Pronunciation
                  noun
                  ˈkapədl
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                  Origin
                  Middle English (as an adjective in the sense ‘relating to the head or top’, later ‘standing at the head or beginning’): via Old French from Latin capitalis, from caput ‘head’.
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