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uppercase
up·per·case U0133900 (ŭp′ər-kās′)adj. Abbr. uc or UC Of, printed, or formatted in capital letters: an uppercase A; uppercase titles.tr.v. up·per·cased, up·per·cas·ing, up·per·cas·es 1. To put (type or text) in uppercase letters.2. To begin (a word) with an uppercase letter.
[From the storage of such letters in the upper of two trays used by compositors.]
up′per·case′ n.up′per case′
n. See under case 2 (def. 8). [1675–85] up•per•case (ˈʌp ərˈkeɪs)
adj., v. -cased, -cas•ing,
n. adj. 1. (of an alphabetical character) capital. 2. pertaining to or belonging in the upper case. v.t. 3. to print or write with an uppercase letter or letters. n. 4. a capital letter. Compare lowercase. [1730–40] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  uppercase - one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis; "printers once kept the type for capitals and for small letters in separate cases; capitals were kept in the upper half of the type case and so became known as upper-case letters"capital letter, majuscule, upper-case letter, capitalgrapheme, graphic symbol, character - a written symbol that is used to represent speech; "the Greek alphabet has 24 characters"small capital, small cap - a character having the form of an upper-case letter but the same height as lower-case letterslowercase, lower-case letter, minuscule, small letter - the characters that were once kept in bottom half of a compositor's type case | | Adj. | 1. |  uppercase - relating to capital letters which were kept in the top half of a compositor's type case; "uppercase letters; X and Y and Z etc"majuscule - of or relating to a style of writing characterized by somewhat rounded capital letters; 4th to 8th centurieslowercase - relating to small (not capitalized) letters that were kept in the lower half of a compositor's type case; "lowercase letters; a and b and c etc" |
TranslationsEncyclopediaSeeuCMedicalSeeUCuppercase
Synonyms for uppercasenoun one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasisSynonyms- capital letter
- majuscule
- upper-case letter
- capital
Related Words- grapheme
- graphic symbol
- character
- small capital
- small cap
Antonyms- lowercase
- lower-case letter
- minuscule
- small letter
adj relating to capital letters which were kept in the top half of a compositor's type caseRelated WordsAntonyms |