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capitalisation.

The act or process of capitalising.

14 characters6 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˌkæpɪtəlaɪˈzeɪʃən/
  1. 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.

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    English and French have different rules for the capitalisation of the names of the days of the week.
  2. 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.

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    The capitalisation of all nouns is a distinctive feature of German.
  3. The act or process of capitalising. The act or process of seizing (an opportunity) and profiting or obtaining an advantage (from it).

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  4. The state of being capitalised.

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  5. The state of being capitalised. The state of having a particular case, such as ALL CAPS or all lowercase.

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    His capitalisation was erratic: sometimes he wrote "British", sometimes "british", sometimes "briTish"...
  6. The total value of all outstanding shares for a publicly traded company

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Where this word comes from

Etymology tree English capitalise Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English capitalisation From capitalise + -ation.

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