What does "capitalisation" mean?

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.

What is a synonym for "capitalisation"?

Common synonyms include: cap, capitalization, capitalization.

How do you pronounce "capitalisation"?

Pronounced //ˌkæpɪtəlaɪˈzeɪʃən//.

Capitalisation

//ˌkæpɪtəlaɪˈzeɪʃən// noun

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Noun

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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. countable, uncountable
"English and French have different rules for the capitalisation of the names of the days of the week."
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the sale of capital stock wordnet
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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.; The act or process of writing (something: either an entire word or text, or just the initial letter(s) thereof) in capital letters. countable, uncountable
"The capitalisation of all nouns is a distinctive feature of German."
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the act of capitalizing on an opportunity wordnet
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The act or process of capitalising.; The act or process of seizing (an opportunity) and profiting or obtaining an advantage (from it). countable, uncountable
"[...] apparently indicating the degree to which his identification with black music predicates his capitalization on it [...]"

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an estimation of the value of a business wordnet
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The state of being capitalised. countable, uncountable
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writing in capital letters wordnet
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The state of being capitalised.; The state of having a particular case, such as ALL CAPS or all lowercase. countable, uncountable
"His capitalisation was erratic: sometimes he wrote "British", sometimes "british", sometimes "briTish"..."
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The total value of all outstanding shares for a publicly traded company countable, uncountable
"I doubt if one of them was interested in any business the total capitalization of which exceeded a couple of hundred thousand dollars."