Definitions
There is 1 meaning of the phrase
Upper-Case Letter.
Upper-Case Letter - as a noun
One of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis
Example: "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"
Synonyms (Exact Relations)
capitalcapital lettermajusculeuppercaseHypernyms (Closely Related)
charactergraphgraphemegraphic symbolHyponyms (Broadly Related)
Example Sentences
"In English, proper nouns usually start with an upper-case letter."
"The password should include at least one upper-case letter."
"I wrote my name in all upper-case letters on the form."
"The title of the report should be in upper-case letters."
"To emphasize a word, you can write it in upper-case letters."
