Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of, printed, or formatted in capital letters.
- transitive verb To put (type or text) in uppercase letters.
- transitive verb To begin (a word) with an uppercase letter.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective written in
upper case ;capital - noun Alternative spelling of
upper case .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis
- adjective relating to capital letters which were kept in the top half of a compositor's type case
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Examples
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Possibly because it is written entirely in uppercase, which surely means something regarding relative rank and importance.
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I guess it's normally written in uppercase, but at least we've got something to call me, and some sort of affiliation.
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All our drawings require all text to be in uppercase.
NumLocker Disables The Caps Lock Key | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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Majority of Hillary's supporters write using "uppercase" letters, suggesting that they are rude, bitter, and inconsiderate.
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Majority of Hillary's supporters write using "uppercase" letters, suggesting that they are rude, bitter, and inconsiderate.
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Majority of Hillary's supporters write using "uppercase" letters, suggesting that they are rude, bitter, and inconsiderate.
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Majority of Hillary's supporters write using "uppercase" letters, suggesting that they are rude, bitter, and inconsiderate.
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Majority of Hillary's supporters write using "uppercase" letters, suggesting that they are rude, bitter, and inconsiderate.
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Majority of Hillary's supporters write using "uppercase" letters, suggesting that they are rude, bitter, and inconsiderate.
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Majority of Hillary's supporters write using "uppercase" letters, suggesting that they are rude, bitter, and inconsiderate.
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