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lowercase

lowercase

2 1.8
Written using small letters, not capital letters
  • adjective
  • /ˈloʊərkeɪs/
translation icon : minúscula
  • Spelling activities can range from matching upper and lowercase letters (K Print Concepts CCSS) to spelling words (K-Grade 5 Conventions of Standard English CCSS).
  • lowercase letters
  • upper- and lowercase
  • uppercase and lowercase

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Examples

  • The letter ID subtest of the WRMT-R/NU (Woodcock, 1987/1998) assesses the ability to name upper- and lowercase letters.

    Academic text (2013)
  • The LNF subtest measures a student's ability to rapidly name upper- and lowercase letters presented in a random sequence in 1 min.

    Academic text (2015)
  • Students are presented with a page of upper- and lowercase letters arranged randomly and are asked to name as many letters as possible.

    Academic text (2010)
  • For each, the child is shown a sheet with either all of the uppercase letters or all of the lowercase letters presented in random order.

    Academic text (2015)
  • The convention is to represent the presence of a condition with uppercase letters and the absence of the condition with lowercase letters.

    Academic text (2008)
  • * Letter Recognition: identifying and naming uppercase and lowercase letters.

    Academic text (2011)
  • LNF involves presenting children with a page of uppercase and lowercase letters and asking them to name as many letters as they can in 1 minute.

    Academic text (2015)
  • The child was presented with three lowercase letters printed in 18-point Courier font and asked to mark the letter that represented the stimulus.

    Academic text (2006)
  • When typing, remember to use lowercase letters for the first word in a sentence.

  • Make sure to enter your email address in lowercase letters to avoid any issues.

Synonyms

small
vslowercase
  • Specialized
34 1.0

Written in lowercase rather than uppercase

is the specific printing term for letters in the reduced form
lower-case letter
vslowercase
1 1.0

A small letter of the alphabet that is not a capital

is the adjective describing letters written in that small form
minuscule
vslowercase
1 5.1

Written in small letters rather than capital letters

is the common everyday term for the same small letters

Antonyms

1 1.1

Words that use capital letters rather than small letters

How Capitalized

capless
4.4
lowercase
2 1.8

Surface Forms

lowercase positive

Morphology

lowercase = lower + case (transparent) = lower + case

The meaning is directly composed from 'lower' + 'case' meaning the form of letters that is lower (small), which is clear to learners.

Etymology

Lowercase comes from an old printing practice: small letters were kept in the lower case, or box, while big letters stayed in the 'upper case'. So lowercase means the 'small' form of a letter, not the capital form.