uppercase

adj. (Abbr. uc or UC)

Of, printed, or formatted in capital letters: an uppercase A; uppercase titles.

tr.v., -cased, -cas·ing, -cas·es.

1. To put (type or text) in uppercase letters.
2. To begin (a word) with an uppercase letter.

uppercase up'per·case' n.

Capital letters of the alphabet, as compared to the small or lowercase letters.

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The adjective has one meaning:

Meaning #1: relating to capital letters which were kept in the top half of a compositor's type case; X and Y and Z etc"
  Antonym: lowercase (meaning #1)

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - stort
v. tr. - skrive med store bogstaver

Nederlands (Dutch)
(in) hoofdletter(s), in hoofdletters drukken/ schrijven

Français (French)
adj. - en majuscule
v. tr. - changer/imprimer en lettres majuscules
n. - haut de casse

Deutsch (German)
n. - Großbuchstaben
adj. - groß
v. - in Großbuchstaben schreiben

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (τυπογρ.) (κάσα που περιέχει) κεφαλαία τυπογραφικά στοιχεία
adj. - με κεφαλαία τυπογραφικά στοιχεία
v. - γράφω με κεφαλαία

Italiano (Italian)
maiuscola, maiuscolare

Português (Portuguese)
n. - versal (m), caixa alta (f) (tipo de letra)
adj. - versal, em caixa alta
v. - compor em caixa alta

Русский (Russian)
прописной (о букве), заглавный (о литере, шрифте)

Español (Spanish)
adj. - mayúscula, de caja alta
v. tr. - escribir o imprimir en mayúsculas
n. - letra mayúscula

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - versal, stor bokstav
adj. - versal
v. - skriva med stor bokstav, skifta till versalstil

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
大写字母的, 用大写字母写, 以大写字母印刷

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 大寫字母的
v. tr. - 用大寫字母寫, 以大寫字母印刷

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 대문자의, 대문자로 쓰인
v. tr. - 대문자로 인쇄하다, 대문자로 바꾸다

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 大文字の
v. - 大文字で印刷する, 大文字に換える
n. - 大文字

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) الاحرف الكبيرة (صفه) الحروف الكبيرة (فعل) يكتب أو يطبع بالحروف الكبيرة‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮גדולה (אות באלפבית הלטיני)‬
v. tr. - ‮כתב או הדפיס אות גדולה (באלפבית הלטיני)‬

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