capitalisation
The act or process of capitalisingThe act or process of capitalising.: Choice of case (when writing a word); the act or process of writing a word in a particular case, such as ALL CAPS, Title Case, CamelCase, Sentence case, or all lowercase.
Meaning
6 sensesThe act or process of capitalising.
(countable, uncountable)Choice of case (when writing a word); the act or process of writing a word in a particular case, such as ALL CAPS, Title Case, CamelCase, Sentence case, or all lowercase.
English and French have different rules for the capitalisation of the names of the days of the week.
капитализа́цияkapitalizácija
Choice of case (when writing a word); the act or process of writing a word in a particular case, such as ALL CAPS, Title Case, CamelCase, Sentence case, or all lowercase.
(countable, uncountable)The act or process of writing (something: either an entire word or text, or just the initial letter(s) thereof) in capital letters.
The capitalisation of all nouns is a distinctive feature of German.
writing in capital letters
The act or process of capitalising.
(countable, uncountable)The act or process of seizing (an opportunity) and profiting or obtaining an advantage (from it).
the act of capitalizing on an opportunity
(countable, uncountable)The state of being capitalised.
Großschreibung
The state of being capitalised.
(countable, uncountable)The state of having a particular case, such as ALL CAPS or all lowercase.
His capitalisation was erratic: sometimes he wrote "British", sometimes "british", sometimes "briTish"...
(countable, uncountable)The total value of all outstanding shares for a publicly traded company
Translations
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Forms
plural: capitalisations| Singular | capitalisation |
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Synonyms
2 synonyms- the sale of capital stock:capitalization
- the act of capitalizing on an opportunity:capitalization
- an estimation of the value of a business:capitalization
- writing in capital letters:capitalization
Word family
11 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable