Upper Case

Definition: Upper Case

Upper Case

Noun

1. One of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in proper names and sometimes for emphasis; (printers once kept type for capitals and small letters in separate cases; capitals were kept in the upper half of the type case and so became known as upper-case letters).

Domain	Definition
Publishing & Graphic Arts	The capital letters in any font of type. So called because, in hand-set type, they were usually kept in the tray above the small or lower-case letters. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Upper Case

Synonyms: capital (n), upper-case letter (n). (additional references)

Antonym: small letter (n). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Printing	Boldface, capitals, caps., catchword; composing-frame, composing room, composing rule, composing stand, composing stick; italics, justification, linotype, live matter, logotype; lower case, upper case; make-up, matrix, matter, monotype, point system: -/, -/,, point, etc.; press room, press work; reglet, roman; running head, running title; scale, serif, shank, sheet work, shoulder, signature, slug, underlay.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Upper Case

Specialty definitions using "upper case": 1 c ♦ ASCIIbetical order ♦ BibTeX ♦ polymorphic lambda-calculus. (references)

Domain	Title
Books	Calligraphy Techniques: Upper Case Italic (Workbook 2) (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language		Translations for "upper case"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		kasë e gërmave të mëdha. (various references)

Arabic		‏حروف كبيرة. (various references)

Bulgarian		каса с главни букви, отделение с главни букви. (various references)

Czech		velká písmena. (various references)

Danish		versaler, store bogstaver, overkasse (cope box), majuskler. (various references)

Dutch		letter uit de bovenkast, bovenkast (cope box). (various references)

French		haut de casse. (various references)

German		Oberkasten (added board, cope box, extension), obere Stabe, großgeschrieben (capitalized), große Schrift (large type), großbuchstaben-, groß (big, bigly, capital, capitalized, considerable, copious, full, grand, great, grievous, keen, large, large scale, large-capacity, largely, lengthy, long, major, near, sharp, sizable, sizably, tall, wide). (various references)

Greek		κεφαλαία γράμματα του άνω μέρους της κάσας, άνω μέρος της κάσας,όπου βρίσκονται τα κεφαλαία γράμματα. (various references)

Hebrew		אותיות �'�"ולות. (various references)

Hungarian		nagybetûs, nagybetû (capital, capital letter, majuscule), felsõ billentyûzet. (various references)

Italian		lettera di alta cassa, alta cassa. (various references)

Japanese Kanji		大文字 (huge character "dai" formed by fires lit on the side of a mountain in Kyoto on 16 Aug each year, large characters, thecharacter "dai" meaning "big", upper case letters). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		おおもじ (large characters, upper case letters), � いも�"じ (huge character "dai" formed by fires lit on the side of a mountain in Kyoto on 16 Aug each year, large characters, thecharacter "dai" meaning "big", upper case letters). (various references)

Manx		case mooar. (various references)

Pig Latin		eruppay asecay

Portuguese		letra maiúscula (capital, capital letter), caixa alta. (various references)

Russian		касса прописных литер. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		velikim slovima, velika slova. (various references)

Spanish		caja alta (capital letter, majuscule). (various references)

Swedish		versal (capital, capital letter, uppercase), stora (big, upper-case). (various references)

Turkish		büyük harf (capital, capital letter, majuscule). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: uppercase.
	Words within the letters "a-c-e-e-p-p-r-s-u"
	-1 letter: prepuces.
	-2 letters: apercus, cappers, cesurae, cuppers, escaper, paupers, prepuce, rappees, respace, scauper, scupper.
	-3 letters: apercu, capers, capper, carpus, causer, cereus, ceruse, cesura, crapes, crease, creeps, crepes, cuppas, cupper, escape, escarp, pacers, papers, pareus, parsec, pauper, pauser, peaces, peruse, purees, rappee, recaps, recuse, rescue, reseau, rupees, sapper, saucer, scrape, secpar, secure, serape, spacer, spruce.
	Words containing the letters "a-c-e-e-p-p-r-s-u"
	+1 letter: uppercased, uppercases.
	+2 letters: prepurchase.
	+3 letters: prepurchased, prepurchases, superspecial.
	+4 letters: appurtenances, propaedeutics, superspecials, upperclassmen.
	+5 letters: perpendiculars, preoccupancies, superspectacle.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro.

Upper Case

Definition: Upper Case

Upper Case

Noun

Specialty Definition: Upper Case

Publishing & Graphic Arts

Synonyms: Upper Case

Synonyms within Context: Upper Case

Printing

Crosswords: Upper Case

Commercial Usage: Upper Case

Books

Modern Translation: Upper Case

Albanian

Arabic

Bulgarian

Czech

Danish

Dutch

French

German

Greek

Hebrew

Hungarian

Italian

Japanese Kanji

Japanese Katakana

Manx

Pig Latin

Portuguese

Russian

Serbo-Croatian

Spanish

Swedish

Turkish

Anagrams: Upper Case

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

INDEX