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capitulate

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Pronunciation

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  • (UK) IPA (key): /kəˈpɪ.tjʊ.leɪt/ or /kəˈpɪ.t͡ʃə.leɪt/
  • (US) IPA (key): /kəˈpɪt͡ʃ.jʊ.leɪt/ or /kəˈpɪt͡ʃ.jə.leɪt/
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Verb

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Plain form
capitulate

Third-person singular
capitulates

Past tense
capitulated

Past participle
capitulated

Present participle
capitulating

  1. (transitive) If you capitulate, you surrender to go along or comply with someone.
    He argued and hollered for so long that I finally capitulated just to make him stop.