Uppercase (Noun)
Meaning
One of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis; "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".
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Examples
- The first letter of the name should be in uppercase.
- She was instructed to type the headings in uppercase.
- In standard typography, the uppercase letters are taller than the lowercase ones.
- Proper nouns are typically written with an uppercase letter at the beginning.
- The uppercase letter "A" is often used as a symbol for excellence.