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downcase

downcase verb: to convert (text) to lower case.

Verb

downcase (third-person singular simple present downcases, present participle downcasing, simple past and past participle downcased)

  1. (transitive) To convert (text) to lower case.

Forms of downcase

third-person singular presentdowncases
present participledowncasing
past participledowncased
pastdowncased

Origin of downcase

From down + case.

Questions about downcase

What does downcase mean?
Downcase means to convert (text) to lower case.
What part of speech is downcase?
Downcase is a verb.
What is the past tense of downcase?
The past tense of downcase is downcased.

Words near downcase in the dictionary

  1. downcalls
  2. downcame
  3. downcanyon
  4. downcard
  5. downcards
  6. downcase
  7. downcased
  8. downcases
  9. downcasing
  10. downcast
  11. downcasted

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