Meaning

4 senses

  1. The head.

  2. A knob-like protuberance or capitulum.

  3. The top or superior part of a thing.

  4. (UK)The council or ruling body of the University of Cambridge prior to the constitution of 1856.

More definitions
  • a headlike protuberance on an organ or structure
  • the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains

Examples

22 sentences

  1. Bermuda enjoys one of the highest per capita incomes in the world.

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  2. Finland has the most saunas per capita.

    ruВ Финляндии наибольшее количество саун на душу населения.

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  3. Please remove your caput from your rectum.

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  4. Bangladesh is a developing country with a low per capita income.

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  5. Finland has the most heavy metal bands per capita in the world.

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Origin

Learned borrowing from Latin caput (“the head”). Doublet of cape, capo, chef, and chief, a

Learned borrowing from Latin caput (“the head”). Doublet of cape, capo, chef, and chief, and distantly of head and Howth.

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Forms

plural: caputs / capita
Singularcaput
Pluralcaputs / capita

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains:head

Word family

3 related words
Relatedcapitecaput mortuumcapote

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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