upper-case letter
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Definition
- Noun:
- A large form of a letter of the alphabet, used as the initial letter of a proper name, at the beginning of a sentence, or for emphasis. This style of letter is also called a "capital letter" or "majuscule."
Usage
- Upper-case letter is used to refer to the specific, larger form of a character (e.g., 'A', 'B', 'C') as opposed to its smaller form (e.g., 'a', 'b', 'c'), which is called a lower-case letter.
- It is often used in the context of writing rules, typography, and digital text formatting (e.g., "Please type your password using at least one upper-case letter.").
Examples
Advanced Usage
- "To upper-case" (verb, informal): To convert text to use capital letters.
- He upper-cased the entire headline for emphasis.
- "All caps": A style where every letter in a word is an upper-case letter, often used for acronyms or to convey shouting in digital communication.
- The sign was written in ALL CAPS.
Variants and Related Words
- Capital letter: A direct synonym for "upper-case letter."
- Majuscule: A technical term, primarily used in palaeography and typography, for an upper-case letter.
- Lower-case letter: The smaller form of a letter (e.g., a, b, c).
- Minuscule: The technical term for a lower-case letter.
Synonyms
- Capital letter
- Capital
- Majuscule (formal/technical)
- Big letter (informal)
Antonyms
- Lower-case letter
- Small letter
- Minuscule (formal/technical)
Related Phrases
- Upper case (noun): The set or style of upper-case letters.
- The title was set in upper case.
- Case-sensitive: Describing a system where upper-case and lower-case letters are treated as distinct (e.g., 'Password' is different from 'password').
- The login is case-sensitive, so remember your upper-case letters.
Noun
- one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis; capitals were kept in the upper half of the type case and so became known as upper-case letters"
- printers once kept the type for capitals and for small letters in separate cases