MEANING
To stop resisting and accept an opponent's terms.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- capitulate to demands
- capitulate under pressure
On the page
The council capitulated after the supplies ran out.
Nearby words
Opposite meanings
Word forms
- Base
- capitulate
- Past tense
- capitulated
- Past participle
- capitulated
- Present participle
- capitulating
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- capitulate
- Present continuous
- am/is/are capitulating
- Present perfect
- have/has capitulated
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been capitulating
- Past
- capitulated
- Past continuous
- was/were capitulating
- Past perfect
- had capitulated
- Past perfect continuous
- had been capitulating
- Future
- will capitulate
- Future continuous
- will be capitulating
- Future perfect
- will have capitulated
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been capitulating
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: literary / elevated general. Forms: capitulate; capitulates; capitulated; capitulated; capitulating Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: description, character, dialogue. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: capitulates.
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