"downstyle" meaning in English

See downstyle in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: down style [alternative], down-style [alternative]
Etymology: From down + style. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|down|style}} down + style Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} downstyle (not comparable)
  1. (typography, capitalization) Which only capitalizes words (e.g. in headers) that would be capitalized in a normal sentence: which is styled in sentence case. Tags: not-comparable Coordinate_terms: upstyle
    Sense id: en-downstyle-en-adj-eZ4NEn11 Categories (other): Typography, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 56 44 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 54 46 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 52 48 Topics: media, publishing, typography

Noun

Etymology: From down + style. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|down|style}} down + style Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} downstyle (uncountable)
  1. (typography) Downstyle capitalization. Tags: uncountable Synonyms: sentence case Coordinate_terms: all caps, alternating caps, camel case, initial caps, upstyle, headline style, title case, lowercase
    Sense id: en-downstyle-en-noun-Cr5vayEk Categories (other): Typography, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 54 46 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 52 48 Topics: media, publishing, typography

Alternative forms

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Download raw JSONL data for downstyle meaning in English (2.4kB)

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