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cap
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Meanings
noun
  • a kind of soft, flat hat, typically with a peak.
    E.g. a man wearing a raincoat and a flat cap
  • a protective lid or cover for an object such as a bottle, the point of a pen, or a camera lens.
    E.g. a glass bottle with a screw cap
  • an upper limit imposed on spending or borrowing.
    E.g. he raised the cap on local authority spending
  • a contraceptive diaphragm.
  • the broad upper part of the fruiting body of most mushrooms and toadstools, at the top of a stem and bearing gills or pores.
  • short for percussion cap.
verb
  • put a lid or cover on.
    E.g. he capped his pen
  • provide a fitting climax or conclusion to.
    E.g. he capped a memorable season by becoming champion of champions
  • place a limit or restriction on (prices, expenditure, or borrowing).
    E.g. council budgets will be capped
  • be chosen as a member of a particular sports team, especially a national one.
    E.g. he was capped ten times by England
  • confer a university degree on.
noun
  • short for capitalization.
    E.g. mid-cap companies
cap.
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Meanings
abbreviation
  • capacity.
  • capital (city).
  • capital letter.
CAP
ˌsiːˌeɪˈpiː Listen
Meanings
abbreviation
  • Common Agricultural Policy.
  • Civil Air Patrol.

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