uncapitalize

English

Alternative forms

• uncapitalise

Etymology

From un- +‎ capitalize.

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.
   • 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

Synonyms

• decapitalize

Related terms

• uncapitalized