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How to pronounce “capitalize”

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Pronunciation guide for capitalize

Learning goal: Practice the English pronunciation of capitalize with real speech in context.
Available examples: 8 YouTube examples
Real speech example: Are We Cooked? How Social Media Shapes Languagethey were quickly taken by people who wanted to capitalize
Definition summary: (transitive) In writing or editing, to write (something: either an entire word or text, or just the initial letter(s) thereof) in capital letters, in upper case.

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Are We Cooked? How Social Media Shapes Language

they were quickly taken by people who wanted to capitalize

[Verb]
(transitive) In writing or editing, to write (something: either an entire word or text, or just the initial letter(s) thereof) in capital letters, in upper case.
(transitive, business, finance) To contribute or acquire capital (money or other resources) for.
(transitive, finance) To convert into capital, i.e., to get cash or similar immediately fungible resources for some less fungible property or source of future income.
(transitive, accounting, taxation) To treat as capital, not as an expense.
(intransitive) To profit or to obtain an advantage.
(intransitive, followed by on) To seize, as an opportunity; to obtain a benefit from; to invest on something profitable.

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