Capitalized

Part of speech: verb, adjective

Definitions

1. Starting with an uppercase letter to distinguish proper nouns or beginnings of sentences ; the city where a region's government is located ; financial resources or assets employed for investment or business
2. Marked by an initial capital letter typically used for names and titles ; the primary city that functions as the administrative center of a country or state ; the accumulated wealth or funds used to create more wealth
3. Represented by a large letter at the start of a word indicating importance ; the official city that houses governmental institutions and leaders ; monetary assets or property utilized to produce economic returns

Etymology: "Capitalized" is the American and Oxford British spelling of "capitalised," the past tense and past participle of "capitalize," meaning to write a word with an initial capital letter or to convert text into capitals. The verb is formed from "capital," which in its letter sense comes from the Latin "capitalis," meaning "of the head," from "caput," "head." Capital letters were the large letters used at the head of a text or sentence, and the word was applied to them in English well before it acquired its financial senses. The spelling difference is the most visible split between the two varieties of English. Both forms are standard, and the choice between them is a matter of dictionary house style rather than correctness, with American publishers favouring the "-ize" ending and most British publishers using "-ise."

Synonyms: uppercase, capitalised, invested, financed

Antonyms: lowercase, uncapitalized, underfinanced