Meaning
1 sensesTo convert (text) to lower case.
Examples
9 sentencesAfter a comma, you use lowercase letters.
Arabic doesn't have capital or lowercase letters.
Mary only uses lowercase letters when she texts, and she rarely uses punctuation.
deMaria schreibt in SMS alles klein und setzt selten Punkt und Komma.
Hard passwords include a mix of upper- and lowercase letters, digits and special characters.
It's written in lowercase.
Translations
1 languagesOrigin
From the noun phrase lower case, which itself consists of an adjective modifying a noun; wFrom the noun phrase lower case, which itself consists of an adjective modifying a noun; when used as a noun adjunct then, to render its syntactical function clearer and simpler, it is written as a single word or with a hyphen as a sort of chunking.
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Forms
lowercases, lowercasing, lowercased, lowercased| Base form | lowercase · to lowercase |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | lowercases |
| Present participle | lowercasing |
| Past simple | lowercased |
| Past participle | lowercased |
regular · Lesson
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle