Meaning of capitalisation | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The act or process of capitalising.
   countable, uncountable
2. 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
3. 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
4. The act or process of seizing (an opportunity) and profiting or obtaining an advantage (from it).
   countable, uncountable
5. The state of being capitalised.
   countable, uncountable
6. The state of having a particular case, such as ALL CAPS or all lowercase.
   countable, uncountable
7. The total value of all outstanding shares for a publicly traded company
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“English and French have⟳ different rules for the capitalisation of the names of the days of the week.”

“The capitalisation of all nouns is a distinctive feature of German.”

“Race⟳ is a flawed concept to begin⟳ with, and while the capitalisation of the “b” assuages race⟳ politics, it also validates race⟳ politics.”

“Frequent, sometimes unexpected capitalisations are customary in Dickinson’s writing, and here they gain⟳ additional nuance.”

“[...] apparently indicating the degree to which his identification with black music predicates his capitalization on it [...]”

“His capitalisation was erratic: sometimes he wrote "British", sometimes "british", sometimes "briTish"...”

“I doubt⟳ if one of them was interested in any business the total capitalization of which exceeded a couple of hundred thousand dollars.”

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