EGAVE

capitalisation

About 0.18 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun The 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.
    English and French have different rules for the capitalisation of the names of the days of the week.
  2. noun 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.
  3. noun 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.
  4. noun The act or process of seizing (an opportunity) and profiting or obtaining an advantage (from it).
  5. noun The state of being capitalised. 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"...
  6. noun 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"...
  7. noun The total value of all outstanding shares for a publicly traded company

Similar words

capitalization uppercase incorporation capital capitalism equity funding accumulation solvency value

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