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Word: Capital
Speech Type: Noun
Middle English (as an adjective in the sense ‘relating to the head or top’, later ‘standing at the head or beginning’): via Old French from Latin capitalis, from caput ‘head’
ˈkapɪtl
the city or town that functions as the seat of government and administrative centre of a country or region
Short Definition:main city or town
Examples:- Warsaw is the capital of Poland
wealth in the form of money or other assets owned by a person or organization or available for a purpose such as starting a company or investing
Short Definition:money or assets
Examples:- rates of return on invested capital were high
a letter of the size and form used to begin sentences and names
Short Definition:letter of alphabet
Examples:- he wrote the name in capitals
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