Associations to the word «Uppercase»

Wiktionary

UPPERCASE, adjective. Written in upper case; capital
UPPERCASE, noun. Alternative spelling of upper case
UPPERCASE, verb. (transitive) To convert (text) to upper case.

Dictionary definition

UPPERCASE, noun. One of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis; "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".
UPPERCASE, adjective. Relating to capital letters which were kept in the top half of a compositor's type case; "uppercase letters; X and Y and Z etc".

Wise words

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.