lowercase
noun[U]
mainlyUS(alsolower-case)us/ˌloʊ.ɚˈkeɪs/uk/ˌləʊ.əˈkeɪs/(also mainlyUKlower case)Iflettersare in lowercase, they are written as a, b, c, etc. not A, B, C, etc.:
Everything must beinlowercase — nocapitals!
I had tochangethetagsused in thenewsandsidebarpagesfrom uppercase to lowercase.
In thiscontext,considerupper- and lower-case to be the same.
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uppercasenounmainlyUS
- Theearhearsthenameand doesn’tdistinguishbetween uppercase and lowercase.
- Whilecapitallettersappearas onebigblock,mixingupperand lowercase gives wordsdistinctivepatterns.
- Suddenly I'mrealizingthat mynameis in lowercase.
Punctuation
- abbreviated
- accent
- acute
- apostrophe
- at sign
- block capitals
- caron
- cedilla
- comma
- dash
- diacritical
- double prime
- round brackets
- semicolon
- small cap
- small capitals
- solidus
- square brackets
- stroke
- unbracketed
lowercase
adjective
(alsolower-case)us/ˌloʊ.ɚˈkeɪs/uk/ˌləʊ.əˈkeɪs/(also mainlyUKlower case)(ofletters) written as a, b, c, etc. not A, B, C, etc.:
She has achartof thealphabetwithcapitalizedand lowercaseletters.
Asinglebinarydigitis called abit(abbreviatedwith a lowercase b).
The Hostname must be all lower-caseletters.
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uppercaseadjective
- It isbetterto use acombinationof uppercase and lowercaselettersandincludenumbersinyourpassword.
- Somefontshaveinherentsmallcaps, i.e. they usesmallercapitallettersinplaceof the lowercasecharacters.
- What’s up with the lowercase “g” in the “we’rethankingourgod”quote?
Lettering & alphabets
- ABC
- all caps
- alphabetically
- ascender
- Braillist
- camel case
- cap
- cursive
- Cyrillic
- initial
- letter
- phonetic
- pictogram
- pictograph
- pinyin
- Roman alphabet
- runic
- script
- shorthand
- vowel