capitalize
verb (used with object)
to write or print in capital letters letters or with an initial capital letter.
had capitalized
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past perfectof capitalize.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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And it looked for a moment as if Freddie Freeman had capitalized on the opportunity with a runner in scoring position.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
With a few taps, Nakajima had capitalized on a popular kind of artificial intelligence with a strange power to warp the world.
From Seattle Times ● May 16, 2021
Apodaca’s video became the type of viral moment that could quickly go sour: everyone had their own version and even Ocean Spray had capitalized on the unintentional #sponcon.
From Slate ● Dec. 22, 2020
His opponent had capitalized on the weakness that Coach Mo had been working on: the “boxing no-no,” he called it, of leaving the chin exposed.
From New York Times ● Mar. 27, 2016
One company of unusual impertinence, without money or patents, had capitalized its audacity at $15,000,000.
From The History of the Telephone by Herbert Newton Casson
