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English adjective: uppercase | |||
| 1. | uppercase relating to capital letters which were kept in the top half of a compositor's type case | ||
| Samples | Uppercase letters; X and Y and Z etc. | ||
| Similar | capital, great, majuscule | ||
| See also | majuscule | ||
| Antonyms | lowercase | ||
English noun: uppercase | |||
| 1. | uppercase (communication) one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis | ||
| Samples | 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. | ||
| Synonyms | capital, capital letter, majuscule, upper-case letter | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | character, grapheme, graphic symbol | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | small cap, small capital | ||
| Antonyms | lower-case letter, lowercase, minuscule, small letter | ||
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