noun
Meaning 1
Synonym of capital letter.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: capital letter
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
upper-case letter
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noun
Meaning 2
one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- 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
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: capital, capital letter, uppercase, majuscule
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: character, grapheme, graphic symbol
Narrower terms: small capital, small cap
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
3 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Spanish: letra de caja alta — capital letter
- Spanish: letra versal — capital letter
- Spanish: letra titular — capital letter