Download the app
educalingo
Search

Meaning of "lower case" in the English dictionary

Dictionary
DICTIONARY
section

PRONUNCIATION OF LOWER CASE

lower case play
facebooktwitterpinterestwhatsapp

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LOWER CASE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Lower case is a verb and can also act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

WHAT DOES LOWER CASE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

lower case

Letter case

In orthography and typography, letter case is the distinction between the letters that are in larger upper case and smaller lower case in certain languages. In the Latin script, upper case letters are A, B, C, etc., whereas lower case includes a, b, c, etc. Here is a comparison of the upper and lower case versions of each letter included in the English alphabet: The lower case is the more commonly used variant, contrasted by the upper case, which is used for special purposes, for example as the first letter of a sentence or a proper noun; however, the upper-case forms are regarded as the basic or citation forms of the letters. Languages have capitalisation rules to determine whether an upper or lower case letter is to be used in a given context, but there can also be stylistic variation.

Definition of lower case in the English dictionary

The first definition of lower case in the dictionary is a compositor's type case, in which the small letters are kept. Other definition of lower case is of or relating to small letters. Lower case is also to print with lower-case letters.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LOWER CASE

lower abdomen
lower animals
Lower Austria
lower back
Lower California
Lower Canada
lower chamber
lower class
lower classes
lower court
lower criticism
lower deck
Lower Egypt
lower house
Lower Hutt
lower jaw
Lower Karoo
Lower Lakes
lower leg
lower limb

WORDS THAT END LIKE LOWER CASE

basket case
case
court case
day case
display case
document case
hard case
in any case
in case
in no case
jewel case
make-up case
murder case
packing case
pencil case
prosecution case
special case
test case
upper case
violin case
worst case

Synonyms and antonyms of lower case in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «lower case» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR
online translator

TRANSLATION OF LOWER CASE

Find out the translation of lower case to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of lower case from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «lower case» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

小写
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

minúsculas
570 millions of speakers

English

lower case
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कम मामले
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الحالة الأدنى
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

нижний регистр
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

minúsculas
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

নিম্ন কেস
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

minuscules
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kes kecil
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Kleinbuchstaben
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

小文字
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

소문자
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Cilik cilik
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

trường hợp thấp hơn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

குறைந்த வழக்கு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

लोअर केस
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Küçük harf
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

minuscole
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

małe litery
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

нижній регістр
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

minuscule
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πεζά
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

laer geval
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

gemener
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

små bokstaver
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of lower case

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LOWER CASE»

The term «lower case» is quite widely used and occupies the 37.480 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
0
100%
FREQUENCY
Quite widely used
83
/100
The map shown above gives the frequency of use of the term «lower case» in the different countries.
Principal search tendencies and common uses of lower case
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «lower case».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LOWER CASE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «lower case» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «lower case» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about lower case

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LOWER CASE»

Discover the use of lower case in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to lower case and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Town Mouse and Country Mouse Lower Case: Learning with ...
Learning With Literature: Town Mouse & Country Mouse - Pre-Writing (Lower Case) Children learn better when they enjoy what they are doing.
Deborah Tiersch-Allen, 2007
2
Writing Skills for Public Relations: Style and Technique for ...
Thus, if a line of type is set with a mixture of small and capital letters it is said by the printer to be in 'upper and lower case' and marked u&lc, as opposed to text set completely in capitals, or very rarely in lower case only (a style for just a few ...
John Foster, 2012
3
Advanced Information Systems Engineering: Second Nordic ...
Others restrict upper CASE to the phases before systems analysis, i.e. corporate planning, strategy study, breakdown of goals, objectives, etc., and use middle CASE to denote tools supporting analysis and design, while lower CASE is tools  ...
Bo Steinholtz, Lars Bergman, Arne Soelvberg, 1990
4
The Art of Assembly Language
$5A (65..90). Because there are only 26 different alphabetic characters, the remaining six codes hold various special symbols. The fourth, and final, group of 32 ASCII character codes represents the lower case alphabetic symbols, ...
Randall Hyde, 2003
5
Handbook of the International Phonetic Association: A Guide ...
k 1 m n Lower-case A Open front unrounded vowel Lower-case B Voiced bilabial plosive Lower-case C Voiceless palatal plosive Lower-case D Voiced dental or alveolar plosive Lower-case E Close-mid front unrounded vowel Lower-case F ...
International Phonetic Association, 1999
6
Leap Into Lower Case Letters: Zim's World of Reading
Zim's World of Reading Deborah Tiersch-Allen. I © m О О о 2 □ » 9 SKIiiS PAGE NUMBERS IDENTIFYING' TRACING' FORMING LETTERS lowej-case a 1. □ □ □< ( Î f-5 • гт □ □ t3 Г А ^v .ö i %м.41 7"Т _**□.♢__ *•*_ WL. ^ * 7TMТ А ГГ ...
Deborah Tiersch-Allen, 2007
7
The Code of Federal Regulations of the United States of America
Standard characters HEX Example Alternate Standard space. Exclamation mark. Quotation mark. Pounds (number) si tar sign. Percentage sign. Apostrophe. Open parentheses. Close parentheses. Lower-case a with Plus sign. Comma.
National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Staff, 2003
8
Philippine Short Stories, 1925-1940
... of swimming in cool, green lakes, or lying naked under palm trees beside the wide, blue sea, the salty breezes cooling and caressing him. This afternoon as he continued to climb up the stairs. Caps and Lower Case—Manuel E Arguilla.
Leopoldo Y. Yabes, 1997
9
L.S.A., List of C.F.R. Sections Affected
HEX Example Alternate Description 64 d D Lower-case d 65 e E Lower-case e 66 i F Lower-case l 67 g G Lower-case g 68 h H Lower-case h 69 i I Lower-case i 6A j J Lower-case j 68 k K Lower-case k SC I L Lower-case l GD m M Lower-case  ...
‎2003
10
Type and Typography
Lower-case forms have three main vertical proportions. The 'x-height' is quite literally the height of the lower-case x and is not a fixed proportion of the cap height but is specific to each typeface. The x-height is the most important element in ...
Phil Baines, Andrew Haslam, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LOWER CASE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term lower case is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Children can be weak link in families' online safety strategy | Local …
Make your passwords longer than six characters and use a combination of upper and lower case letters and numbers. Use a different passwords for computer or ... «KMBC Kansas City, Jul 15»
2
Motivation Monday: What motivates Vince Marotta
She didn't like that the bottom of it curled, similar to how a lower case 'g' would. "But that's how it looks on Graig Nettles' uniform," I explained. «Arizona Sports, Jul 15»
3
CatholicHerald.co.uk » Amid the Planned Parenthood furore, we …
Which is why I used lower case letters to distinguish responsible ... …and yet again why divert the issues away with this 'lower case' aside? «Catholic Herald Online, Jul 15»
4
A Name From History: Frances Wright was an early pioneer for …
... quill pen and ink by Wright in a cursive style so old-fashioned they are difficult to read (a lower case S looks like an F; T's are not crossed, etc.) ... «WCPO, Jul 15»
5
Sun Pharma slumps in early trade | Business Line
Please write complete sentences. Do not type comments in all capital letters, or in all lower case letters, or using abbreviated text. (example: u ... «Hindu Business Line, Jul 15»
6
Communication technology has hit leadership development - The …
or in all lower case letters, or using abbreviated text. (example: u cannot substitute for you, d is not 'the', n is not 'and'). 4. We may remove ... «The Hindu, Jul 15»
7
Apex court allows SIT to keep filing charge sheets in Vyapam case …
Please write complete sentences. Do not type comments in all capital letters, or in all lower case letters, or using abbreviated text. (example: u ... «Hindu Business Line, Jul 15»
8
Toshiba accounting problems 'very regrettable': Japan finmin …
or in all lower case letters, or using abbreviated text. (example: u cannot substitute for you, d is not 'the', n is not 'and'). 4. We may remove ... «Hindu Business Line, Jul 15»
9
It's a taxing, taxing world | Business Line
or in all lower case letters, or using abbreviated text. (example: u cannot substitute for you, d is not 'the', n is not 'and'). 4. We may remove ... «Hindu Business Line, Jul 15»
10
Sallu's still got the best kick in B-town | Business Line
or in all lower case letters, or using abbreviated text. (example: u cannot substitute for you, d is not 'the', n is not 'and'). 4. We may remove ... «Hindu Business Line, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Lower case [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/lower-case>. Apr 2024 ».
Download the educalingo app
en
English dictionary
Discover all that is hidden in the words on
index
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z