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say it: KAP-uh-tuh-lahyz
capitalize is a verb meaning "draw advantages from". It carries 6 recorded senses.
draw advantages from
“he is capitalizing on her mistake”
“she took advantage of his absence to meet her lover”
supply with capital, as of a business by using a combination of capital used by investors and debt capital provided by lenders
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 capitalize come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.