upper case
noun[U]
mainlyUK(alsoupper-case)uk/ˌʌp.əˈkeɪs/us/ˌʌp.ɚˈkeɪs/(also mainlyUSuppercase)Iflettersare inuppercase, they are written ascapitals:
(字母的)大写Typing anentiremessageinuppercaseisconsideredequivalenttoshouting.
Yourpasswordshould consist of acombinationofnumbersandletters(using both uppercase and lowercase).
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lower casenounmainlyUK
Synonym
capital(LETTER)
- Pressing theshiftkeycauseslettersto beoutputinuppercase.
- Logicalhostnamesare firstconvertedto uppercase.
- Theterminalwas set to use upper-case only.
- Mostinformationissuppliedtoprogramsin uppercase.
Punctuation
- abbreviated
- accent
- acute
- apostrophe
- at sign
- block capitals
- caron
- cedilla
- comma
- dash
- diacritical
- double prime
- round brackets
- semicolon
- small cap
- small capitals
- solidus
- square brackets
- stroke
- unbracketed
upper case
adjective
mainlyUK(alsoupper-case)uk/ˌʌp.əˈkeɪs/us/ˌʌp.ɚˈkeɪs/(also mainlyUSuppercase)written ascapitalletters:
uppercaseletters
Thespellcheckerthat I use won'tcatchtheoccasionalupper-caseletterthat should belowercase.
Acollectionof eightbitsis called abyte,abbreviatedwith an uppercase B.
Synonym
capital(LETTER)
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lower caseadjectivemainlyUK
smalladjective(LETTER SIZE)
- You may use eitheruppercaseorlowercaseletters.
- To get uppercasecharactersyouclickShift first, then theletter.
- The authority'sbrandlookslike an upper-case G with awaterfalltumblingout of it.
Lettering & alphabets
- ABC
- all caps
- alphabet
- alphabetically
- ascender
- Braillist
- camel case
- cuneiform
- hieroglyphics
- initial
- penmanship
- phonetic
- pictogram
- pictograph
- pinyin
- roman
- Roman alphabet
- script
- shorthand
- vowel