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uncapitalise

uncapitalise is the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of uncapitalize.

Meaning of uncapitalize

Verb

uncapitalize (third-person singular simple present uncapitalizes, present participle uncapitalizing, simple past and past participle uncapitalized)

  1. (transitive) To convert the first letter (or more) of (something) from uppercase to lowercase; to make uncapitalized.
    • The easy way to uncapitalize text is to highlight it and press Shift+F32004, Stanley Zarowin, “A Quick Way to Capitalize and Uncapitalize”, in Journal of Accountancy
    Synonyms:
    decapitalize

Forms of uncapitalise

third-person singular presentuncapitalises
present participleuncapitalising
past participleuncapitalised
pastuncapitalised

Origin of uncapitalise

From un- + capitalise.

Questions about uncapitalise

What is uncapitalise the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of?
Uncapitalise is the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of uncapitalize.

Words near uncapitalise in the dictionary

  1. uncaped
  2. uncapes
  3. Uncapher
  4. Uncaphers
  5. uncaping
  6. uncapitalise
  7. uncapitalised
  8. uncapitalises
  9. uncapitalising
  10. uncapitalist
  11. uncapitalistic

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: uncapitalise (page history and authors); uncapitalize (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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