uncapitalize
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From un- + capitalize.
Verb
[edit]uncapitalize (third-person singular simple present uncapitalizes, present participle uncapitalizing, simple past and past participle uncapitalized)
- (transitive) To convert the first letter (or more) of (something) from uppercase to lowercase; to make uncapitalized.
- 2004, Stanley Zarowin, “A Quick Way to Capitalize and Uncapitalize”, in Journal of Accountancy:
- The easy way to uncapitalize text is to highlight it and press Shift+F3
- 2009, David E. Volk, Talk:NMR spectroscopy/Draft:
- Section 2.1 uncapitalize tetramethylsilane since it is mid-sentence