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small capitals

small capitals noun: synonym of small caps.

Noun

small capitals pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) Synonym of small caps.
    • Small capitals in an example identify the word receiving the nuclear accent of the clause, or (in most cases) an extra heavy contrastive accent.
      [“Bill was the one who wrote this note.” — “No.] Pete wrote it.”2006, Renaat Declerck, Susan Reed, Bert Cappelle, “The Grammar of the English Verb Phrase”, in The Grammar of the English Tense System, volume 1, →ISBN, page 6
    Synonyms:
    small caps

Synonyms of small capitals

Questions about small capitals

What does small capitals mean?
Small capitals means synonym of small caps.
What part of speech is small capitals?
Small capitals is a noun.

Words near small capitals in the dictionary

  1. small c conservative
  2. small c conservatives
  3. small calorie
  4. small cap
  5. small capital
  6. small capitals
  7. small caps
  8. small card
  9. small cards
  10. small carpenter bee
  11. small carpenter bees

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