upper case
noun Printing.
See under case2(def 8).
Origin of upper case
First recorded in 1675–85
Words nearby upper case
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, adjectiveExample sentences from the Web for upper case
German nouns printed in lower-case have not been changed to upper-case.
To Kiel in the 'Hercules' |Lewis R. Freeman
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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