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lower case
[ loh-er ]
noun
- case28
lower case
noun
- a compositor's type case, in which the small letters are kept
adjective
- of or relating to small letters
verb
- tr to print with lower-case letters
Word History and Origins
Origin of lower case1
Example Sentences
Murderous ideology was once central to world history (with a lower case "h").
The mixing of upper- and lower-case letters shows confusion regarding his identity and could be the writing of a teenager.
It was news to them, the lower-case-R Royalists, that their government was managing the economy poorly.
Dick's lower-case, lower-abdominal second meaning has been around for while.
Letters that are accented in the lower case are typically not accented in the upper case.
They're lower case people—tin pergola and pebble garden sort.
Lower case Roman numerals often end with a ‘j’ instead of an ‘i.’
Other references are printed in "lower case," or "small," type.
It may be queried, however, whether the lower-case alphabet had not better be reformed by abolishing it altogether.
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