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lc

lc is the initialism of lower case.

Meaning of lower case

Noun

lower case (uncountable)

  1. The minuscule or small letters (a, b, c, as opposed to the uppercase or capital letters, A, B, C).
    • The strongest passwords are those which mix numbers and letters, upper case and lower case, and symbols.

Noun capitalized: LC

LC (countable and uncountable, plural LCs)

  1. (abbreviation, initialism, letter) Initialism of letter of credit.
  2. (Canada, abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of liquor commission.
  3. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of least count.
  4. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of lethal concentration.
  5. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of liquid crystal.
  6. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of least concern.
  7. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of launch complex.
  8. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of lactation consultant.
  9. (UK, abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of lord chancellor.
    • The lord chancellorship certainly needed reform and sadly Lord Irvine resisted taking the sensible steps of creating an independent judicial appointments commission and ending the nonsense of the LC having the right, should he choose, of sitting himself as a judge on cases.2016 July 27, Helena Kennedy QC, “Letters: Charlie Falconer to blame for lord chancellor folly”, in The Guardian
  10. (abbreviation, initialism, fashion on the Internet) Initialism of legit check.
  11. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of lambda calculus.
  12. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of LeetCode.
  13. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of landing craft

Adjective capitalized: LC

LC (not comparable)

  1. (abbreviation, informal, initialism) Initialism of low-contact.
    • to go LC with one's parents

Forms of lc

pluralLCs

Words formed from lc

Questions about lc

What is lc the initialism of?
Lc is the initialism of lower case.
What part of speech is lc?
Lc can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of lc?
The plural of lc is LCs.

Words near lc in the dictionary

  1. LBVs
  2. lbw
  3. LBWA
  4. LBWAs
  5. lbws
  6. lc
  7. LCA
  8. LCAC
  9. LCACs
  10. LCAO
  11. LCAOs

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: lc (page history and authors); LC (page history and authors); lower case (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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