lowercase

See also: lower-case and lower case

English

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Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈləʊ.ə(ɹ)ˌkeɪs/
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Noun

lowercase (uncountable)

  1. Alternative spelling of lower case

Adjective

lowercase (not comparable)

  1. in lower case

Translations

Verb

lowercase (third-person singular simple present lowercases, present participle lowercasing, simple past and past participle lowercased)

  1. (transitive) To convert (text) to lower case.
    • 2000, Tom Miller, Jack Ruby’s Kitchen Sink: Offbeat Travels Through America’s Southwest, Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society, →ISBN, page 216:
      I never asked Rob e. Hanson why he lowercased his middle initial; I suppose he figured a man just shouldn’t accumulate too much capital.
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