capitalize
/ˈkæpətəˌlaɪz/verb4 syllables
Capitalize means: draw advantages from.
Synonyms for capitalize2
verb, as in draw advantages from
verb, as in supply with capital, as of a business by using a combination of capital used by investors and debt capital provided by lenders
verb, as in write in capital letters
verb, as in compute the present value of a business or an income
verb, as in consider expenditures as capital assets rather than expenses
verb, as in convert (a company's reserve funds) into capital
What does capitalize mean?6
verb
draw advantages from“he is capitalizing on her mistake”
supply with capital, as of a business by using a combination of capital used by investors and debt capital provided by lenders
write in capital letters
compute the present value of a business or an income
consider expenditures as capital assets rather than expenses
convert (a company's reserve funds) into capital
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Capitalize in a sentence
- Is the 'S' in 'senior', when referring to the grade level, capitalized?lesbianpetplay
- It appears demonic not to capitalize the word earth outside of astrological contexts.Eccles17
- He capitalized on every opportunity to learn from the great scholar.CM
- The first word of every sentence should be capitalized.jakov
- The word takes on a somewhat different meaning when capitalized.Theocracy
- That sentence needs to be properly capitalized and punctuated.shekitten
- The first word of an English sentence should be capitalized.CK
- All German nouns are written with the first letter capitalized.Ricardo14
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Forms of capitalize
as a verb
- past tense
- capitalized
- present participle
- capitalizing
- third-person singular
- capitalizes
- past participle
- capitalized