upper case


noun Printing.

See under case2(def 8).

Origin of upper case

First recorded in 1675–85

Definition for upper case (2 of 2)

case 2
[ keys ]
/ keɪs /

noun

verb (used with object), cased, cas·ing.

Origin of case

2
1250–1300; Middle English cas < Anglo-French cas(s)e, Old French chasse < Latin capsa cylindrical case for holding books in scroll form, receptacle

OTHER WORDS FROM case

cas·er, noun well-cased, adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for upper case (1 of 3)

case 1
/ (keɪs) /

noun

Word Origin for case

Old English casus (grammatical) case, associated also with Old French cas a happening; both from Latin cāsus, a befalling, occurrence, from cadere to fall

British Dictionary definitions for upper case (2 of 3)

case 2
/ (keɪs) /

noun

verb (tr)

to put into or cover with a case to case the machinery
slang to inspect carefully (esp a place to be robbed)

Word Origin for case

C13: from Old French casse, from Latin capsa, from capere to take, hold

British Dictionary definitions for upper case (3 of 3)

upper case
/ printing /

noun

the top half of a compositor's type case in which capital letters, reference marks, and accents are kept

adjective (upper-case when prenominal)

of or relating to capital letters kept in this case and used in the setting or production of printed or typed matter

verb upper-case

(tr) to print with upper-case letters; capitalize

Medical definitions for upper case

case
[ kās ]

n.

An occurrence of a disease or disorder.

Cultural definitions for upper case

case

A grammatical category indicating whether nouns and pronouns are functioning as the subject of a sentence (nominative case) or the object of a sentence (objective case), or are indicating possession (possessive case). He is in the nominative case, him is in the objective case, and his is in the possessive case. In a language such as English, nouns do not change their form in the nominative or objective case. Only pronouns do. Thus, ball stays the same in both “the ball is thrown,” where it is the subject, and in “Harry threw the ball,” where it is the object.

Idioms and Phrases with upper case

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