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Meaning of word uppercase from English dictionary with examples, synonyms and antonyms.

uppercase   noun

Meaning : One of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis.

Example : 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.

Synonyms : capital, capital letter, majuscule, upper-case letter


Translation in other languages :

* एक प्रकार का अक्षर।

बच्चा अंग्रेजी वर्णमाला के बड़े अक्षर लिख रहा है।
बड़ा अक्षर

ଏକ ପ୍ରକାର ଅକ୍ଷର

ପିଲାଟି ଇଂରେଜୀ ବର୍ଣ୍ଣମାଳାର ବଡ଼ ଅକ୍ଷର ଲେଖୁଛି
କ୍ୟାପିଟାଲ ଲେଟର, ବଡ଼ ଅକ୍ଷର

इंग्रजी वर्णमालेतील मोठे अक्षर.

मुलाने वहीवर मोठी अक्षरे लिहिली.
मोठे अक्षर

একপ্রকার অক্ষর

"বাচ্চা ইংরাজী বর্ণমালার বড় হাতের অক্ষর লিখছে"
বড় হাতের অক্ষর

The characters that were once kept in bottom half of a compositor's type case.

lower-case letter, lowercase, minuscule, small letter

uppercase   adjective

Meaning : Relating to capital letters which were kept in the top half of a compositor's type case.

Example : Uppercase letters; X and Y and Z etc.

Relating to small (not capitalized) letters that were kept in the lower half of a compositor's type case.

Lowercase letters; a and b and c etc.
lowercase