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Syllable division derived from spelling — this word is not in the pronouncing dictionary, so no phonetic transcription is shown rather than a guessed one.
capitalise is a verb meaning "supply with capital, as of a business by using a combination of capital used by investors and debt capital provided by lenders". It carries 6 recorded senses.
supply with capital, as of a business by using a combination of capital used by investors and debt capital provided by lenders
draw advantages from
“he is capitalizing on her mistake”
“she took advantage of his absence to meet her lover”
write in capital letters
compute the present value of a business or an income
consider expenditures as capital assets rather than expenses
convert (a company's reserve funds) into capital
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for capitalise come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.