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adjective
1.
(of an alphabetical character) capital.
2.
Printing. pertaining to or belonging in the upper case.
verb (used with object)
3.
to print or write with an uppercase letter.
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noun
4.
a capital letter.
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| uppercase | |
adjective | |
| 1. | 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" [ant: lowercase] |
noun | |
| 1. | 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" [syn: capital] [ant: lower-case letter] |
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