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capstone
/ˈkæpˌstoʊn/
noun 2verb 2
Collocations
2CAPSTONE + NOUN
fatuity, series
PREP.
with
Definitions
noun
1
Any of the stones making up the top layer of a wall; a coping stone.
2
A crowning achievement, culmination or finishing touch.
“You see, I’ve never had a girl friend,” I added, by way of topping the obelisk of silliness with the capstone of fatuity.
Success of the Apollo program has been the capstone to a series of significant accomplishments for the United States in space in a broad spectrum of manned and unmanned exploration missions and in the application of space techniques for the benefit of man.
verb
1
To complete as a crowning achievement; to top off.
Capstoning a decade's worth of linked short stories, The Quiet War (2008) was a vivid and tense novel about a solar system sliding into conflict.
2
To train in the Capstone Military Leadership Program.
“Capstoned” units are now able to train and plan in peacetime with the command with which they will fight in wartime.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — a stone that forms the top of wall or building
- copestone
- stretcher
noun — a final touch
- copestone
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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“You see, I’ve never had a girl friend,” I added, by way of topping the obelisk of silliness with the capstone of fatuity.
Wiktionary02
Success of the Apollo program has been the capstone to a series of significant accomplishments for the United States in space in a broad spectrum of manned and unmanned exploration missions and in the
Wiktionary03
Capstoning a decade's worth of linked short stories, The Quiet War (2008) was a vivid and tense novel about a solar system sliding into conflict.
Wiktionary04
“Capstoned” units are now able to train and plan in peacetime with the command with which they will fight in wartime.
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