capital

cap|i|tal1 [ `kæpıtl ] noun ***

1. ) capital or capital city count the city where a country or region has its government:

Madrid is the capital of Spain.

state/regional/provincial capital: Tallahassee is the state capital of Florida.

a ) the most important place for an activity or industry:

Milan, Italy's fashion capital

capital of: Officials will fly to Houston, capital of the American oil industry.

2. ) capital or capital letter count the large form of a letter, for example A or B, that you use at the beginning of a sentence or name:

in capitals: He wrote the title in capitals.

3. ) uncount money or property that you use to start a business or invest to earn more money

4. ) count TECHNICAL the decorated top part of a COLUMN (=tall stone post that supports a building)

make capital out of something

to get an advantage from a situation, especially a bad situation:

She accused him of trying to make political capital out of an important issue.

capital

cap|i|tal 2 [ `kæpıtl ] adjective **

1. ) only before noun a capital letter is the large form of a letter, for example A or B, that you use at the beginning of a sentence or name

2. ) BRITISH INFORMAL OLD-FASHIONED excellent

with a capital A/B/C etc.

used for emphasizing that something is very true:

This is a case of incompetence with a capital I.