capped

Everyday

1. Covered at the top: snow-capped mountains. tree →
2. Having a top limit put on it: prices are capped at £5. tree →
3. (UK, sport) Chosen to play for your national team: capped for England. tree →
4. (teeth) Covered with an artificial crown by a dentist. tree →

In the lessons

In geography, snow-capped peaks. In money and news, capped prices or bills mean they cannot go above a limit. In UK sport, a player «capped 50 times» has played 50 international matches. In maths problems, «capped at 10» means the most it can be is 10.

Examples

• We saw snow-capped mountains in the Alps. tree →
• Bus fares are capped at £2. tree →
• He was capped for Wales at the age of nineteen. tree →
• The dentist capped my broken tooth. tree →
• Screen time is capped at one hour a day in our house. tree →
• The pen was capped so it would not dry out. tree →
• One snow-capped peak after another rose before him, till the whole of the glittering Alpine range became visible. tree →

Note

Double «p»: capped, capping. Maths: if a cost is capped at 10, then 12 becomes 10; values under 10 stay the same.