UPPERCASE

uppercase

(adjective) 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”

capital, capital letter, uppercase, upper-case letter, majuscule

(noun) 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”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

uppercase (not comparable)

written in upper case; capital

Noun

uppercase

Alternative spelling of upper case

Verb

uppercase (third-person singular simple present uppercases, present participle uppercasing, simple past and past participle uppercased)

(transitive) To convert (text) to upper case.

Anagrams

• præpuces

Source: Wiktionary



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5 June 2024

HARMFUL

(adjective) causing or capable of causing harm; “too much sun is harmful to the skin”; “harmful effects of smoking”


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