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sentence case

sentence case noun: the standard capitalisation of an English sentence, with the first letter uppercase and subsequent letter lowercase with exceptions such as proper nouns or acronyms.

Noun

sentence case (uncountable)

  1. The standard capitalisation of an English sentence, with the first letter uppercase and subsequent letter lowercase with exceptions such as proper nouns or acronyms.
    Synonyms:
    downstyle

Synonyms of sentence case

Origin of sentence case

From sentence + case, because it is the capitalization (letter case pattern) used in a typical English sentence.

Questions about sentence case

What does sentence case mean?
Sentence case means the standard capitalisation of an English sentence, with the first letter uppercase and subsequent letter lowercase with exceptions such as proper nouns or acronyms.
What part of speech is sentence case?
Sentence case is a noun.

Words near sentence case in the dictionary

  1. Sentell
  2. Sentells
  3. sentence
  4. sentence adverb
  5. sentence adverbs
  6. sentence case
  7. sentence connective
  8. sentence connectives
  9. sentence element
  10. sentence elements
  11. sentence fragment

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