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- Dictionaryup·per·case/ˈəpərˌkās/
noun
- 1. capital letters as opposed to small letters (lowercase): "the keywords must be in uppercase"
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adjective. (also upper-case) us / ˌʌp.ɚˈkeɪs / uk / ˌʌp.əˈkeɪs / (also mainly UK upper case) written as capital letters: uppercase letters. The spell checker that I use won't catch the occasional upper-case letter that should be lower case. A collection of eight bits is called a byte, abbreviated with an uppercase B.
: to print or set in capital letters. upper case. 4 of 4. noun (2) : a type case containing capitals and usually small capitals, fractions, symbols, and accents. Examples of uppercase in a Sentence. Recent Examples on the Web. Adjective. Hubbard underlined the uppercase words for extra emphasis.
What does uppercase mean? Uppercase means the same thing as capital in capital letter —the bigger, taller version of a letter (like W ), as opposed to the smaller version, which is called a lowercase letter (like w ). Uppercase letters can also be called capitals.
adjective. (also upper-case) us / ˌʌp.ɚˈkeɪs / uk / ˌʌp.əˈkeɪs / (also mainly UK upper case) written as capital letters: uppercase letters. The spell checker that I use won't catch the occasional upper-case letter that should be lower case. A collection of eight bits is called a byte, abbreviated with an uppercase B.
of or relating to a style of writing characterized by somewhat rounded capital letters; 4th to 8th centuries. see more. noun. one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis. synonyms: capital, capital letter, majuscule, upper-case letter. see more. Cite this entry.
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.
noun. 1. capital-letter type used in printing, as distinguished from small letters ( lowercase) adjective. 2.
