caps.
Americanabbreviation
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capital letters.
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(in prescriptions) a capsule.
abbreviation
Etymology
Origin of caps.
caps. ( def. 2 ) < Latin capsula
Example Sentences
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"We've not got that group in the middle who have 30 or 40 caps. We've got to marry the two together and start thinking about that going forward."
From BBC • Feb. 25, 2023
“I love the idea that America is almost boiled down to minor league baseball caps. It’s a fascinating concept.”
From New York Times • Aug. 10, 2021
“Those guys were crossing the Ninglick River in 3-foot waves with breakers, white caps. That’s dangerous” John said.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 24, 2020
In an online chat in 2014, Bill Walsh, The Washington Post’s grammar and style guru who died in 2017, noted: “Some acronyms get so well entrenched they lose the caps. Like ‘radar’ and ‘scuba.’
From Washington Post • Oct. 6, 2018
South Carolina; Senatus Consuetum=A decree of the Roman Senate. s.c., s. caps., sm. caps.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
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