uppercase
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- adjective
- /ˈʌpərˌkeɪs/
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mayúscula
- Uppercase letters should approach or touch the top of the horizontal line, and lowercase letters should fall roughly midway.
- uppercase letters
And I think that some people have uppercase T trauma and some people have lowercase T trauma.
- And I think that some people have uppercase T trauma and some people have lowercase T trauma.
- So we need to find the value of B uppercase B, the angle they remember proportions.
Examples
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Uppercase words were found to be more reliably recognized under lateral presentation than lowercase words, presumably due to the greater size and clarity of uppercase letters compared to lowercase letters.
Academic text (2002) -
The title of the book is displayed in bold, uppercase letters.
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One indeed has to be amazed at the power of four uppercase letters and the "loyal following" they have inspired.
Blog text (1) -
Please write your name in uppercase letters on the form.
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All the headings in the document are written in uppercase to make them stand out.
Synonyms
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1.0
A large letter that you use at the start of a sentence or name
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1.5
A large letter that begins names and sentences
Large letters that start sentences and names
Having large capital letters like those in ancient manuscripts
Antonyms
How Uppercase
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Uppercase comes from old printing shops where the big letters were kept in the top wooden 'case'; the word is simply upper + case. So uppercase describes letters that are large or 'capital'.