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How to pronounce capitulation in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms fall, surrender
Type of loss
Derivation capitulate


they were protected until the capitulation of the fort.
Type Words
Type of document, papers, written document
Type Words
Type of sum-up, summary
Has types recap, recapitulation, review

Examples of capitulation

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Rather than marking a capitulation, however, that moment marked Apple's rebirth.
From the forbes.com
He has in his pocket a letter of capitulation sent from a north London postcode.
From the telegraph.co.uk
For this self-styled fighter, even weary capitulation is fraught with vengeance.
From the nytimes.com
Walsh's capitulation is likely to relieve Reagan and Bush of the need to appear.
From the time.com
Mailer moves in on Women's Lib with menacing metaphor, but ends in capitulation.
From the time.com
Even if it was not, a cavalry attack soon brought the Angrivarii's capitulation.
From the en.wikipedia.org
So far, however, Time Warner Cable officials have shown no sign of capitulation.
From the business.time.com
Six weeks later, the BBC launched Radio 1, its capitulation to the youth culture.
From the cnn.com
However, McAfee said the move is a sign of capitulation on the part of Microsoft.
From the washingtonpost.com
More examples
  • A document containing the terms of surrender
  • A summary that enumerates the main parts of a topic
  • The act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions); "they were protected until the capitulation of the fort"
  • Capitulation (Lat. capitulum, a little head or division; capitulare, to treat upon terms), an agreement in time of war for the surrender to a hostile armed force of a particular body of troops, a town or a territory.
  • Capitulations (from Lat. caput), or ahdnames, are a special kind of treaties, unilateral contracts granted by a state and conferring the privilege of extraterritorial jurisdiction within its boundaries on the subjects of another state.
  • (Capitulations (Ottoman)) Capitulations of the Ottoman Empire were contracts between the Ottoman Empire and European powers, particularly France. ...
  • (capitulate) To draw up in chapters; to enumerate; To draw up the articles of treaty with; to treat, bargain, parley; To agree terms of surrender; to end all resistance, to give up; to go along with or comply
  • (Capitulate) To give in or give up
  • The point at which a stock (or market) reaches maximum negative or positive sentiment and with unusually high trading volume, the stock reverses in direction. ...