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11lower case — noun (U) letters in their small forms, such as a, b, c etc compare capital 1 (3), opposite upper case lower case adjective: lower case letters …
12lower case — UK / US noun [uncountable] the ordinary small form in which letters are written or printed. Big letters like those at the beginning of a sentence or name are called upper case or capital letters lower case letters Type the file name in lower case …
13lower-case — lowˈer case adjective (printing) Small as distinguished from capital, orig because kept in a lower case • • • Main Entry: ↑low …
14lower-case — adj. Lower case is used with these nouns: ↑letter …
15lower-case — see lower case …
16lower case — noun /ˈləʊ.ə(ɹ)ˌkeɪs/ The minuscule or small letters (a, b, c, as opposed to the uppercase or capital letters, A, B, C). Syn: small letter, minuscule Ant: uppercase, upper case, majuscule, capital …
17lower case — Synonyms and related words: abecedarian, allographic, alphabetic, ascender, back, bastard type, beard, belly, bevel, black letter, blackface, body, bold faced, boldface, cap, capital, case, chromotypic, chromotypographic, counter, descender, em,… …
18lower case — low′er case′ [[t]ˈloʊ ər[/t]] n. pri See under case II, 8) • Etymology: 1675–85 …
19lower case — /loʊə ˈkeɪs/ (say lohuh kays) noun (in printing) the lower half of a pair of cases which contains the small letters of the alphabet. Abbrev.: l.c …
20lower case — noun small letters. Origin see upper case …
