- (of an alphabetic character) capital: Uppercase letters such as Q and U can be harder to read than lowercase letters q and u.
- pertaining to or belonging in the upper case, such as A, N, or W.
- to print or write with an uppercase letter, such as M, L, or V.
- a capital letter, such as T, X, or P.
- See under case2 (def. 8).
- the top half of a compositor's type case in which capital letters, reference marks, and accents are kept
- of or relating to capital letters kept in this case and used in the setting or production of printed or typed matter
- to print with upper-case letters; capitalize
