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titlecase

noun · verb · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

The variant of the letter that is used when this letter appears in the beginning of the sentence.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

Examples

  • 2012, Tom Christiansen, brian d foy, Larry Wall, Programming Perl: Unmatched power for text processing and scripting In ASCII, there are uppercase letters and lowercase letters, but in Unicode, there is also a third sort of case, called titlecase.

Meaning relationships

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noun

Meaning 2

Such letter.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

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verb

Meaning 3

To convert to titlecase form.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

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History

Etymology

From title + case.