as in pill
a small mass containing medicine to be taken orally
I prefer to take my medicine as caps rather than in liquid form
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as in hat
a covering for the head usually having a shaped crown
grabbed a cap and plopped it on his head before running out
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as in limit
a real or imaginary point beyond which a person or thing cannot go
a cap on player salary expenditures was suggested as a way to keep small market teams competitive
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as in to limit
to set bounds or an upper limit for
the senator will propose a bill to cap prices for home heating oil
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Recent Examples of cap
Alexis Berger, SELF, 15 Jan. 2025
Candidates who participate in the matching funds program can only accept $2,100 individual donations, but the cap’s lifted to $3,850 for those who opt out of the program.
—Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 15 Jan. 2025
Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 27 Jan. 2025
To cap this loving, playful and inevitably poignant portrait, Castro and Siraqyan found the perfect
final clip, an almost prophetic statement on the endurance of art through those who appreciate it.
—Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 27 Jan. 2025
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Noun
Or, screw off the cap fully to take big gulps through the wide mouth opening.
—Alexis Berger, SELF, 15 Jan. 2025
Candidates who participate in the matching funds program can only accept $2,100 individual donations, but the cap’s lifted to $3,850 for those who opt out of the program.
—Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 15 Jan. 2025
Verb
The Panthers then go on the road to face the Washington Capitals on Feb. 4 and St. Louis Blues on Feb. 6 before capping their pre-break schedule at home Feb. 8 against the Ottawa Senators.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 27 Jan. 2025
To cap this loving, playful and inevitably poignant portrait, Castro and Siraqyan found the perfect
final clip, an almost prophetic statement on the endurance of art through those who appreciate it.
—Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 27 Jan. 2025
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“Cap.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cap. Accessed 31 Jan. 2025.
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