verb
- to convert (letters or text) from uppercase to lowercase
Usage: computing, typography
noun
- plural of lowercase; small letters as opposed to capital letters
Usage: typography
Examples
- The software lowercases all input text before processing it.
- She lowercases the title to match the style guide.
- Most email addresses use lowercases and numbers.
- The editor lowercases proper nouns in the headline.
- In typography, lowercases are used for body text.
- The function lowercases each character in the string.