First Known Use: 1738
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1uppercase
adjective up·per·case \ˌə-pər-ˈkās\
: having as its typical form A, B, C rather than a, b, c
Full Definition of UPPERCASE
: capital 1
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Origin of UPPERCASE
from the compositor's practice of keeping capital letters in the upper of a pair of type cases
Rhymes with UPPERCASE
about-face, aerospace, anyplace, boniface, bouillabaisse, carapace, catalase, cellulase, commonplace, contrabass, cyberspace, database, diabase, diastase, double-space, elastase, everyplace, hydrolase, hydrospace, hyperspace, interface, interlace, interspace, invertase, kilobase, lemures, lowercase, marketplace, oxidase, pillowcase, reductase, Samothrace, single-space, steeplechase, thoroughbass, thoroughbrace, triple-space
2uppercase
noun
Definition of UPPERCASE
: capital letters
First Known Use of UPPERCASE
circa 1916
3uppercase
verb
uppercaseduppercas·ing
Definition of UPPERCASE
transitive verb
: to print or set in capital letters
First Known Use of UPPERCASE
1949
UPPERCASE Defined for Kids
uppercase
adjective up·per·case \ˌə-pər-ˈkās\
Definition of UPPERCASE for Kids
: having the form A, B, C rather than a, b, c
— uppercase noun
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