"uppercase" meaning in English

See uppercase in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: From upper + case. Etymology templates: {{af|en|upper|case}} upper + case Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} uppercase (not comparable)
  1. Written in upper case; capital. Tags: not-comparable Translations (written in upper case): hoofletters (Afrikaans), մեծատառ (mecataṙ) (Armenian), majúscul (Catalan), versaali (Finnish), majuscule (French), großgeschrieben (German), groß (German), nagybetűs (Hungarian), verzál [typography, publishing, media] (Hungarian), загла́вный (zaglávnyj) (Russian), прописно́й (propisnój) (Russian), большо́й (bolʹšój) (Russian), mayúscula (Spanish), versal (Swedish), mayuskula (Tagalog), kaha-alta (Tagalog)
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Noun

Etymology: From upper + case. Etymology templates: {{af|en|upper|case}} upper + case Head templates: {{en-noun|?}} uppercase
  1. Alternative spelling of upper case Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: upper case
    Sense id: en-uppercase-en-noun-L04wzNG1

Verb

Forms: uppercases [present, singular, third-person], uppercasing [participle, present], uppercased [participle, past], uppercased [past]
Etymology: From upper + case. Etymology templates: {{af|en|upper|case}} upper + case Head templates: {{en-verb}} uppercase (third-person singular simple present uppercases, present participle uppercasing, simple past and past participle uppercased)
  1. (transitive) To convert (text) to upper case. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-uppercase-en-verb-y6Ffhq21

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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