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uppercase

The teacher writes an uppercase 'A' on the chalkboard.

Definition
  1. Adjective:
    • Relating to or consisting of capital letters (e.g., A, B, C). The term originates from the traditional practice of storing these metal type characters in the upper case of a compositor's type case.
  2. Noun:
    • A capital letter. This refers to one of the large alphabetic characters used at the beginning of sentences, for proper names, and for emphasis.
Usage
  • Adjective: Used to describe letters that are in their capital form.
  • Noun: Used to refer to a capital letter itself or the style of writing using such letters.
Examples
  • Adjective:
    • Please write your name in uppercase letters on the form.
    • The headline was printed in a bold uppercase font.
  • Noun:
    • The password must contain at least one uppercase.
    • The document was filled with uppercases, making it difficult to read.
Advanced Usage
  • "To uppercase" (verb, computing): To convert text to capital letters.
    • The program will automatically uppercase the first letter of each word.
Variants and Related Words
  • Capital letter: A direct synonym for the noun form.
  • Majuscule: A formal or technical term for a capital letter.
  • Lowercase: The antonym, relating to or being small letters (e.g., a, b, c).
Synonyms
  • Adjective: Capital, majuscule.
  • Noun: Capital, capital letter, majuscule, cap (informal, especially in computing contexts).
Antonyms
  • Adjective & Noun: Lowercase, minuscule, small letter.
Related Phrases
  • All caps or All uppercase: A style where every letter in a word is capitalized.
    • Writing an entire paragraph in all caps is considered poor etiquette online.
  • Uppercase lock: A key (often labeled "Caps Lock") on a keyboard that, when engaged, causes all typed letters to be uppercase.
uppercase

The teacher writes an uppercase 'A' on the chalkboard.

Adjective
  1. relating to capital letters which were kept in the top half of a compositor's type case; X and Y and Z etc"
    • uppercase letters
Noun
  1. 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

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