capital
cap‧i‧tal1 S3 W1 /ˈkæpətl, ˈkæpɪtl/ 
noun
Language: French
Origin: Italian capitale, from Latin capitalis; ⇨ capital2
Language: Old North French
Origin: capitel, from Late Latin capitellum, from Latin caput; ⇨ capital21. CITY [countable] an important city where the main government of a country, state etc is:
Washington D.C., the capital of the United States
2. MONEY [singular, uncountable] money or property, especially when it is used to start a business or to produce more wealth:
The government is eager to attract foreign capital. ⇨ working capital, venture capital
3. LETTER [countable] a letter of the alphabet written in its large form, used for example at the beginning of someone’s name ⇨ lower case, upper case
4. CENTRE OF ACTIVITY [countable] a place that is a centre for an industry, business, or other activity:
Hollywood is the capital of the movie industry.
5. make capital from/out of something to use a situation or event to help you get an advantage
6. BUILDING [countable] technical the top part of a column (=a long stone post used in some buildings)
■ place with houses, shops, and offices
▪city a large area with houses, shops, offices etc that is often the centre of government for an area. A city is bigger than a town: The nearest big city is San Francisco.
▪town a large area with houses, shops, offices etc. A town is smaller than a city: La Coruña is a pretty seaside town.
▪capital (also capital city ) the city where the government of a country or state is: We travelled to Budapest, the capital of Hungary.
▪metropolis a big busy city that is full of people and activity: After 1850 Paris grew quickly into a busy metropolis.
▪urban adjective [only before noun] relating to towns and cities: Air pollution is particularly bad in urban areas. | urban development
capital2 S2 W3 adjective
capital ‘B’
2. relating to money that you use to start a business or to make more money:
capital investments
3. capital offence/crime an offence that is punished by death
4. trouble with a capital T, fast with a capital F etc informal used with any word in order to emphasize that you are talking about an extreme type of something
5. old-fashioned excellent
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noun Sense 2,5
Date: 1600-1700Language: French
Origin: Italian capitale, from Latin capitalis; ⇨ capital2
Sense 6
Date: 1200-1300Language: Old North French
Origin: capitel, from Late Latin capitellum, from Latin caput; ⇨ capital2
2. MONEY [singular, uncountable] money or property, especially when it is used to start a business or to produce more wealth:
3. LETTER [countable] a letter of the alphabet written in its large form, used for example at the beginning of someone’s name ⇨ lower case, upper case
4. CENTRE OF ACTIVITY [countable] a place that is a centre for an industry, business, or other activity:
5. make capital from/out of something to use a situation or event to help you get an advantage
6. BUILDING [countable] technical the top part of a column (=a long stone post used in some buildings)
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adjective Date: 1100-1200
Language: Latin
Origin: capitalis, from caput 'head'
1. a capital letter is one that is written or printed in its large form ⇨ lower case, upper case:Language: Latin
Origin: capitalis, from caput 'head'
2. relating to money that you use to start a business or to make more money:
3. capital offence/crime an offence that is punished by death
4. trouble with a capital T, fast with a capital F etc informal used with any word in order to emphasize that you are talking about an extreme type of something
5. old-fashioned excellent