What does lower-case mean?
Lower-case means Alternative spelling of lowercase..
Lower-case
Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
Meaning
Alternative spelling of lowercase..
Example Sentences
Yet, as every rule has its exception, I have construed this dictum somewhat liberally and have as yet never failed to employ as big an A as I could command when the word American was used as an adjective, even while I lower-cased english, mexican and foreign nations generally.
If a capitalized word would be lower-cased in modern usage, we lower-cased it, but we did not capitalize any word that appeared lower-cased in the original.
And Kevin asked me to add that we have capitalized Open Source this time, to assuage tender sensibilities, even though we lower-cased it in November’s issue of Release 1.0.
Synonyms for lower-case
Antonyms for lower-case
Related Words
Word Forms
- lower-cases
- lower-casing
- lower-cased
Usage Notes
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How do you use lower-case in a sentence?
Yet, as every rule has its exception, I have construed this dictum somewhat liberally and have as yet never failed to employ as big an A as I could command when the word American was used as an adjective, even while I lower-cased english, mexican and foreign nations generally.
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