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upper case

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Letters & punctuation
ˌupper ˈcase noun [uncountable]  technicalSLA letters written in capitals (A, B, C) rather than in small form (a, b, c) 大写字母
Examples from the Corpus
upper caseBWright had created 19 letters, all upper case, to use in the project drawings.Keywords are not included in square brackets and must be upper case.Memory jogger Caps Lock will only type letters in upper case.Should I scrap upper case and dash ahead with lower-case panache to show myself a proper mistress of the form?In some systems the input script is restricted to upper case unconnected letters, or lower case unconnected characters.Since variables named in lower case will never be confused with keywords, many programmers use upper case only for keywords.
ˌupper ˈcase nounChineseSyllable
Corpus rather capitals letters written (A, than C) B, in


upper case
ˌupper ˈcase noun [uncountable]
technical letters written in capitals (A, B, C) rather than in small form (a, b, c)


upper caseBrE /ˌʌpə ˈkeɪs/ 🔊NAmE /ˌʌpər ˈkeɪs/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] (specialist) capital letters (= the large form of letters, for example A, B, C rather than a, b, c) 大写字母Headings should be in upper case. 标题应该大写。🔊🔊upper-case letters大写字母   compare lower case