upper case
noun/ˌʌpə ˈkeɪs/
/ˌʌpər ˈkeɪs/
[uncountable] (specialist)- capital letters (= the large form of letters, for example A, B, C rather than a, b, c)
- Headings should be in upper case.
- upper-case letters
Word Originreferring originally to two printer's type cases positioned on an angled stand, the case containing the capital letters being higher and further away from the compositor.Definitions on the go
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