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Meaning capitalize meaning

What does capitalize mean?

capitalize

— verb (= capitalise, take advantage) draw advantages from he is capitalizing on her mistake she took advantage of his absence to meet her lover — verb supply with capital, as of a business by using a combination of capital used by investors and debt capital provided by lenders — verb write in capital letters — verb consider expenditures as capital assets rather than expenses — verb compute the present value of a business or an income — verb convert (a company's reserve funds) into capital

Synonyms capitalize synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as capitalize?

capitalize English » English

capitalise take advantage shift profit plow back gain finance benefit activate

Conjugation capitalize conjugation

How do you conjugate capitalize?

capitalize · verb

Examples capitalize examples

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Simple sentences

Whoever doesn't capitalize when the opportunity presents itself will later regret not having used the chance.
Be careful: We capitalize nationalities, days of the week, and languages in English.

Movie subtitles

Jean must capitalize on this.
He removes the outer garments hoping to capitalize on them and their contents.
You get to capitalize on a fellow human being's misfortune.
But we need to capitalize on it. and make it work for us instead of us working for it.
It's an intelligence about things that i've been able to capitalize on.
Maybe I can capitalize on the relationship, get a better idea of what they're planning.
You tried to capitalize, but I caught you.
Let me say emphatically, those are lies. meant to capitalize politically on a real tragedy.
We capitalize on people who dream of a more glamorous life than the one that they currently have. People who are easily influenced.
We fuck with the system, we crumble its foundations and capitalize on the new disorder.
Not that the Tramp was allowed to capitalize on his heroism. That would have been out of character.
To capitalize on the drowning deaths, to capitalize on the unfortunate deaths of those two people sailing.
Cavendish is a serve-and-volley guy, and you've always played shit against them, so I'd like to capitalize now if that's not a problem with you.
It wouldn't surprise me if they tried to capitalize on their success.
I got ventures he might want to capitalize on.
We also know how beautiful women can capitalize on it with fat, rich, bald guys.
Not that the Tramp was allowed to capitalize on his heroism.
And we've worked hard to capitalize on her.
The Kerry camp had an early opportunity to capitalize on jobs and the economy. as an issue, and tag the President with it.
But my frustration was they didn't capitalize on the lead.
We need to capitalize on this. You know what's gonna make you feel better?
When a pro plans an ambush, they capitalize on the element of surprise.
I am trying to mentor the kid, to show him how one conducts oneself in the world of business, how one negotiates fair, how to capitalize on relationships that one has spent a lifetime materializing.
Developers, people lookin' to capitalize, elected folk like myself.
Well, we all know the psychic powers of the televised image. But we need to capitalize on it. and make it work for us instead of us working for it.
I think you're a bit of a gold digger, looking to capitalize on a stupid law that works as an equalizer for weak women.
We need our women to capitalize on the fact that he likes feet.
So I'd like to capitalize now if that's not a problem with you.
I got to capitalize on what's being said right here.
The Kerry camp had an early opportunity to capitalize on jobs and the economy as an issue and attack the president with it.
We gotta capitalize on that computer fight.
I don't even capitalize his name when I type it anymore.

News and current affairs

Paradoxically, this new environment, though daunting, is less troublesome for the US; in fact, it provides fresh opportunities for the US to capitalize on its unique position.
The extent to which the US will capitalize on these opportunities remains to be seen.
The United States, quick to capitalize on regional concerns triggered by China's increasingly muscular self-assertion, has strengthened its military ties with its existing Asian allies and forged security relationships with new friends.
Meanwhile, Hamas is seeking to capitalize on its growing popularity by winning elections.
Back at the macro level, China needs to reallocate responsibilities and resources among the various levels of government, in order to capitalize on their comparative advantage in providing services and raising revenue.
This improvement did not trickle down to ordinary citizens, and there was no effective media and communication strategy to capitalize on it.
But it also should not be equated with the political Islamism that strives to capitalize on it.
The first is the need to capitalize on public support and continue the disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration process that started under the National Transitional Council but was never completed.
Besides, the US needs these investments to help re-capitalize its badly weakened financial system.
The US should capitalize on this situation, leveraging Russian concerns and interests to induce China to join strategic arms-control efforts.
Today, some politicians want to capitalize on Eastern Europe's desire to be part of Europe to reopen historical issues to their political advantage.
Or is Sarkozy simply trying to capitalize on his global visibility to reinforce his popularity at home, where a majority of French citizens continue to support their hyperactive president's diplomatic leadership?
The next US president should be able to capitalize on Americans' fundamental optimism, pragmatism, and activism.
Animals commonly use mimicry to capitalize on knowledge - or fear - of another's strength.
The government has established a new agency, Central Hujin Investment Company, to manage and re-capitalize big state-owned banks before they are sold.
They could also create social-business funds to pool resources from many investors - small, medium, or large - to capitalize new and existing social enterprises.
The EU's ability to capitalize on - or even justify - the award hinges on its prospects for overcoming the sovereign-debt crisis and reestablishing trust among its member countries.
The LDP has tried to placate public wrath about a series of political scandals and policy mistakes over the last two years, while the DPJ has attempted to capitalize on these.
There is certainly a degree of envy for what others have accomplished and a sense of desperation about how Al Qaeda can capitalize on this change.
Even Sweden's out-of-power Socialists, the country's dominant party for a century, have failed to capitalize on the crisis.
Similarly, direct investment by Japanese firms is increasing as they relocate production facilities to China to capitalize on lower labor costs and high-quality engineering talent.
Indeed, militant Islamists, hoping to recover from the devastating blows they have absorbed since the war on terror began, are already positioning themselves to capitalize on the coming war with Iraq.
Despite widespread misperceptions about the practical impact of genomic research, the science has hit its stride, and we need to capitalize on this momentum if we are to realize the opportunity of individualized medicine.
China has been eager to capitalize on the animosity between Japan and South Korea to undermine America's security interests in Asia.

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