"all caps" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: all-caps [alternative], ALL CAPS [alternative]
Etymology: From "all capital letters". Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} all caps (uncountable)
  1. (typography) Text or a font in which all letters are capitalised. Tags: uncountable Coordinate_terms: alternating caps, camel case, initial caps, upstyle, headline style, title case, sentence case, downstyle, lowercase Translations (text or a font in which all letters are capital letters): csupa nagybetűs (Hungarian), mayúsculas sostenidas [feminine, plural] (Spanish)

Alternative forms

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        },
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          "word": "camel case"
        },
        {
          "word": "initial caps"
        },
        {
          "word": "upstyle"
        },
        {
          "word": "headline style"
        },
        {
          "word": "title case"
        },
        {
          "word": "sentence case"
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              63,
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          "ref": "2004, “All Caps”, performed by Madvillain:",
          "text": "It's ugly, like look at you, it's a damn shame / Just remember ALL CAPS when you spell the man name",
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          "lang_code": "es",
          "sense": "text or a font in which all letters are capital letters",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "mayúsculas sostenidas"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
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    },
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        },
        {
          "word": "camel case"
        },
        {
          "word": "initial caps"
        },
        {
          "word": "upstyle"
        },
        {
          "word": "headline style"
        },
        {
          "word": "title case"
        },
        {
          "word": "sentence case"
        },
        {
          "word": "downstyle"
        },
        {
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      "lang_code": "hu",
      "sense": "text or a font in which all letters are capital letters",
      "word": "csupa nagybetűs"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "text or a font in which all letters are capital letters",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "mayúsculas sostenidas"
    }
  ],
  "word": "all caps"
}

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