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Meaning of word upper-case letter from English dictionary with examples, synonyms and antonyms.
upper-case letter noun
Meaning : 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 : capital, capital letter, majuscule, uppercase
Translation in other languages :
The characters that were once kept in bottom half of a compositor's type case.
lower-case letter, lowercase, minuscule, small letter