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Meaning of "upper case" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF UPPER CASE

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF UPPER CASE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Upper 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 UPPER CASE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

upper 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 upper case in the English dictionary

The first definition of upper case in the dictionary is the top half of a compositor's type case in which capital letters, reference marks, and accents are kept. Other definition of upper case is of or relating to capital letters kept in this case and used in the setting or production of printed or typed matter. Upper case is also to print with upper-case letters; capitalize.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE UPPER CASE

upper arm
upper atmosphere
Upper Austria
upper back
upper body
Upper Canada
upper chamber
upper circle
upper class
upper classes
upper crust
upper deck
Upper Egypt
upper hand
upper house
upper income bracket
upper jaw
Upper Karoo
upper lip

WORDS THAT END LIKE UPPER CASE

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

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

SYNONYMS

Translation of «upper case» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF UPPER CASE

Find out the translation of upper case to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of upper 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 «upper case» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

大写
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

mayúsculas
570 millions of speakers

English

upper case
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अपर केस
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

حالة العلوي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

верхний регистр
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

maiúsculas
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

উপরের কেস
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

haut de casse
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kes atas
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Großbuchstaben
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

大文字
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

대문자
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Huruf gedhe
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

trường hợp trên
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மேல் வழக்கு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

वरच्या केस
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Büyük harf
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

maiuscolo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wielkie litery
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

верхній регістр
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

majuscule
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κεφαλαία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

hoofletters
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

versaler
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

store bokstaver
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of upper case

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «UPPER CASE»

The term «upper case» is quite widely used and occupies the 51.076 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of upper case
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «upper case».

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

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «upper case» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «upper 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 upper case

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «UPPER CASE»

Discover the use of upper case in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to upper case and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Snow White-Pre-Writing Upper Case: Learning with Literature
A guide to writing upper-case letters for preschoolers.
Deborah Tiersch-Allen, 2007
2
Upper-Case Letters
Workbook to help children practice writing uppercase letters.
Harriet Ziefert, 2007
3
Reach Out for Upper Case: Zim's World of Reading
SKILLS PAGE NUMBERS lDENTlFYlNG, TRAClNG, FORMlNG LETTERS upper- case A 1 upper-case B 2 upper-case C 3 upper-case D 4 upper-case E 5 upper- case F 6 upper-case G 7 upper-case H 8 upper-case 1 9 upper-case J 10 ...
Deborah Tiersch-Allen, 2007
4
Siebel Tips and Tricks
UPPER= All the characters in the field's value will be converted to Upper case UPPER= All the characters in the field's value will be converted to Upper case UPPER= All the characters in the field's value will be converted to Upper case ...
Mohammed Azizuddin Aamer
5
L.S.A., List of C.F.R. Sections Affected
A statement must be in a prominent location on the box or other package in which the receiver is to be marketed, and information must be in the owner's manual, indicating the receiver displays closed captioning in upper case only.
‎2003
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The Code of Federal Regulations of the United States of America
Upper-case A. Upper-case B. Upper-case C. Upper-case D. Upper-case E. Upper-case F. Upper-case G. Upper-case H. Upper-case I. Upper-case J. Upper- case K. Upper-case L Upper-case M. Upper-case N. Upper-case 0. Upper-case P .
National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Staff, 2003
7
The Craft of Text Editing
... Meta upper-case letter ALPHA Meta upper-case letter BRAVO Meta upper- case letter CHARLIE Meta upper-case letter DELTA Meta upper-case letter ECHO Meta upper-case letter FOXTROT Meta upper-case letter GOLF Meta upper-case ...
Craig Finseth, 2006
8
The Canadian Alphabet Gr. Prek-K
It has an upper case letter “N” and a lower case Have them note that the upper case “N” is tall while the lower case “n” is shorter. 1. 22. Discuss the shape of the upper case What are the lines like in the upper case “N?” (straight, slanted) How  ...
Ruth Solski
9
Engaging Children with Print: Building Early Literacy Skills ...
Forms. High-Support Examples. 1) TechNique: eLiciTiNG The ANSwer Teacher: Child: Teacher: Each of these sentences starts with an upper-case letter. (Points to the first word in each sentence.) See, this is an upper-case D in the word Dad.
Laura M. Justice, Amy E. Sofka, 2013
10
Newsletter
MTS by default translates text entered by terminal users to upper case. The reasoning in the past has been that upper case is almost certainly what most users want. When users were dealing almost exclusively with FORTRAN or Assembler ...
University of Michigan Computing Center, 1982

6 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «UPPER CASE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term upper case is used in the context of the following news items.
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ON ... UPPER CASE - Rest in Peace
Back in the old days - and by that I mean as far back as maybe 10 odd years ago - there existed two breeds of letter: the strong and steady UPPER CASES, and ... «Huffington Post UK, Feb 15»
2
How Capital Letters Became Internet Code for Yelling
People have long used capital letters to set text apart and convey its importance, but upper case letters haven't always signified loudness. The first bloggers may ... «The New Republic, Apr 14»
3
Use These Special Siri Commands When Dictating Text On iPhone …
Upper Case” will capitalize the next character, which can be handy when spelling out acronyms. You can also just say “Caps On” to enable caps lock, and ... «Cult of Mac, Feb 13»
4
Should we still write Internet with a capital 'i'?
The majority of people who responded wanted to drop the upper case spelling. The main reason appeared to be ubiquity in their location. Here are some' some ... «The Next Web, Mar 12»
5
Facebook passwords are not case sensitive (update)
This means that if your password is password1234, you can log in with PASSWORD1234, but not any other combination of lower case and upper case ... «ZDNet, Sep 11»
6
Upper Case & Lower Case Searches May Return Different Google …
It seems like searchers in the UK, searching on UK based IPs at Google may see different results when they search first in all lower case and then next in upper ... «Search Engine Roundtable, Feb 08»

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