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UPPER-CASE LETTER

(noun)

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There is 1 meaning of the phrase Upper-Case Letter.

Upper-Case Letter - as a noun

One of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis

Example: "Printers once kept the type for capitals and for small letters in separate cases; capitals were kept in the upper half of the type case and so became known as upper-case letters"

Synonyms (Exact Relations)
capital11capital lettermajuscule20uppercase15
Hypernyms (Closely Related)
character16graph11grapheme16graphic symbol
Hyponyms (Broadly Related)

Example Sentences

"In English, proper nouns usually start with an upper-case letter."
"The password should include at least one upper-case letter."
"I wrote my name in all upper-case letters on the form."
"The title of the report should be in upper-case letters."
"To emphasize a word, you can write it in upper-case letters."
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