Phrase guide
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Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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noun
Capital letters shown in the same form but in small size (typically of the same size as lower-case letters).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: plural, plural-only
Topics: media, publishing, typography
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noun
plural of small cap
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, plural
Topics: business, finance
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History
1856. Compare caps (“capitals”), 1856; small capitals, 1770.
Across languages
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