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caps.

American  

abbreviation

  1. capital letters.

  2. (in prescriptions) a capsule.

caps. British  

abbreviation

  1. capital letters

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Etymology

Origin of caps.

caps. ( def. 2 ) < Latin capsula

Example Sentences

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And then I read it, and right off the bat, my character has the first three lines, all in caps, in a hospital room.

From Los Angeles Times

Like snapback caps and vibrant neons, the splitter has made a roaring comeback.

From The Wall Street Journal

Many countries use a mix of subsidies or price caps to blunt the impact on households and businesses, although this has a fiscal impact, Aviva Investors says.

From The Wall Street Journal

The SEC is expected include asset caps or other limits on the exemption.

From Barron's

The law, which will be implemented this summer, caps — for the first time in decades— the amount that parents can borrow to pay for their kids’ college and the amount graduate students can borrow.

From MarketWatch

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