lowercase
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Definition
Adjective:
- Relating to small, non-capitalized letters: Describes letters of the alphabet that are not capital letters (e.g., a, b, c), as opposed to uppercase or capital letters (e.g., A, B, C).
Noun:
- Small, non-capitalized letters: The set or style of characters that are not capital letters. These are the standard form used for the majority of text in English writing.
Examples of Usage
Adjective:
- Please write your name in lowercase letters.
- The password must contain at least one lowercase character.
Noun:
- The headline was written entirely in uppercase, but the body text is in lowercase.
- You should avoid writing whole sentences in lowercase in formal emails.
Advanced Usage
- "to lowercase" (verb, less common): To convert text to small, non-capital letters.
- The software can automatically lowercase all the selected text.
Variants and Related Words
Lower-case (adjective/noun): An alternative hyphenated spelling with the same meaning.
- The style guide specifies lower-case for all headings.
Uppercase (adjective/noun): The antonym, relating to or consisting of capital letters (e.g., A, B, C).
Synonyms
- Small letters
- Minuscule (in typography, specifically referring to lowercase letters)
Antonyms
- Uppercase
- Capital letters
- Majuscule (in typography)
Adjective
- relating to small (not capitalized) letters that were kept in the lower half of a compositor's type case; a and b and c etc"
- lowercase letters
Noun
- the characters that were once kept in bottom half of a compositor's type case