capital
Definition
- n. assets available for use in the production of further assets
- n. wealth in the form of money or property owned by a person or business and human resources of economic value
- n. a seat of government
- n. one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis; capitals were kept in the upper half of the type case and so became known as upper-case letters"
Word forms
- Plural
- capitals
Example sentences
n.
Tokyo is the capital of Japan.
a.
The capital city has many important government buildings.