"capitalise" meaning in English

See capitalise in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: capitalises [present, singular, third-person], capitalising [participle, present], capitalised [participle, past], capitalised [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} capitalise (third-person singular simple present capitalises, present participle capitalising, simple past and past participle capitalised)
  1. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of capitalize. Tags: UK, alt-of, nonstandard Alternative form of: capitalize Related terms: capitalisation
    Sense id: en-capitalise-en-verb-~lIlfk1R Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for capitalise meaning in English (1.3kB)

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