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lower case

UK/ˈləʊ.ə(ɹ)ˌkeɪs/

lower case noun: the minuscule or small letters (a, b, c, as opposed to the uppercase or capital letters, A, B, C).

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.

lower case meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Kannada and Arabic

lower case in Hindi

lower case / lowercase (as a collective noun) or lower case letters (in the plural)
छोटा अक्षर choṭā akṣar

lower case in Tamil

சிறிய எழுத்து, சிற்றெழுத்து

lower case in Kannada

ಸಣ್ಣಕ್ಷರ

lower case in Arabic

lower case / lowercase (as a collective noun) or lower case letters (in the plural)
حَرْف صَغِير ḥarf ṣaḡīr, أَحْرُف صَغِيرَة ʔaḥruf ṣaḡīra, نَسَق صَغِير nasaq ṣaḡīr

Synonyms of lower case

Antonyms

Forms of lower case

alternative formlowercase

Origin of lower case

Named for the original arrangement in typesetting, where the drawer or case containing minuscule letters would traditionally be located below the one containing capital letters.

Words formed from lower case

Questions about lower case

What does lower case mean?
Lower case means the minuscule or small letters (a, b, c, as opposed to the uppercase or capital letters, A, B, C).
What is lower case in Hindi?
Lower case in Hindi is छोटा अक्षर (choṭā akṣar). See Lower case meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is lower case?
Lower case is a noun.
How do you pronounce lower case?
Lower case is pronounced /ˈləʊ.ə(ɹ)ˌkeɪs/ (UK).

Words near lower case in the dictionary

  1. Lower Bun-ayan
  2. Lower California
  3. lower camel case
  4. Lower Canada
  5. Lower Canadian
  6. lower case
  7. lower chamber
  8. lower chambers
  9. Lower Chichester
  10. Lower Chinook
  11. lower class

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: lower case (page history and authors); lower case (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); lower case (Kannada Wiktionary) (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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