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1. (adj.) uppercase
(of an alphabetical character) capital.
2. uppercase
pertaining to or belonging in the upper case.
3. (v.t.) uppercase
to print or write with an uppercase letter or letters.
4. (n.) uppercase
a capital letter.
Etymology: (1730–40)
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1. (adj) capital, capital letter, uppercase, upper-case letter, majuscule
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"
2. (adj) uppercase
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"
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