sentence case

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The standard capitalisation of an English sentence, with the first letter uppercase and subsequent letter lowercase with exceptions such as proper nouns or acronyms.

Word forms

sentence case

Etymology

From sentence + case, because it is the capitalization (letter case pattern) used in a typical English sentence.

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