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# capitalise

verb (capitalise, capitalises, capitalised, capitalising)

«capitalise» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To write a letter as a capital (A, B, C) or start a word with a capital letter. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/capitalise/#m1)
2. To use a situation to get an advantage: «capitalise on a mistake». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/capitalise/#m2)
3. (money) To provide money (capital) for a business. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/capitalise/#m3)

### In the lessons

In English lessons, you capitalise the first word of a sentence, names, days, months, «I» and places. In sport and stories, a team capitalises on the other team's mistakes. Phrase: capitalise on.

### Examples

- Remember to capitalise the first word of every sentence. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/capitalise/#x1)
- Capitalise names like London and Monday. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/capitalise/#x2)
- Our team capitalised on their mistake and scored. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/capitalise/#x3)
- She capitalised on her success to start a shop. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/capitalise/#x4)
- Don't capitalise the whole word – it looks like shouting. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/capitalise/#x5)

### Note

UK spelling: capitalise; US spelling: capitalize. Use «capitalise on» for taking advantage.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «capitalise» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/capitalise/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«capitalise» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/capitalise.html) on Mova free.