lowercase

See also: lower-case and lower case

EnglishEdit

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EtymologyEdit

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Particularly: “how do we do this? Something like See lower case, or explain why there is a different spelling for the adjective? And why the dash is used sometimes?”

PronunciationEdit

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

lowercase (uncountable)

  1. Alternative spelling of lower case

AdjectiveEdit

lowercase (not comparable)

  1. in lower case

TranslationsEdit

VerbEdit

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

  1. (transitive) To convert (text) to lower case.