capital
IPA: kˈæpʌtʌɫ
noun
- (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.
adjective
- Of prime importance.
- Chief, in a political sense, as being the seat of the general government of a state or nation.
- (comparable, UK, dated) Excellent.
- (crime) Punishable by, or involving punishment by, death.
- Uppercase.
- used to emphasise greatness or absoluteness
- Of or relating to the head.
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Examples of "capital" in Sentences
- The capital is the city of Saga.
- The capital of the region is the city of Dodoma.
- The city of Chiniot is the capital of the district.
- The capital of the district is the city of Poldasht.
- The city is known as the culinary capital of France.
- The capital city of the planet is the city of Piassu.
- The city of Jacobabad is the capital of the District.
- The capital of Eisande and akin to the city of Marseilles.
- The city is the financial and cultural capital of the Azerbaijan.
- The city is the financial and cultural capital of the Netherlands.