capital

/ˈkæpɪtəl/ noun

Definition

CITY [C] › the most important city in a country or state, where the government is based: Paris is the capital of France.

MONEY [U] › an amount of money that you can use to start a business or to make more money

LETTER [C] (also capital letter) › a large letter of the alphabet used at the beginning of sentences and names → See also block capitals

(Definition of capital noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

everything that exists or is possible

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