UPPERCASE


Meaning of UPPERCASE in English

I. ˌə-pər-ˈkās adjective

Etymology: from the compositor's practice of keeping capital letters in the upper of a pair of type cases

Date: 1738

: capital 1

II. noun

Date: circa 1916

: capital letters

III. transitive verb

( -cased ; -cas·ing )

Date: 1949

: to print or set in capital letters

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.