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nounsmall capitals pl (plural only)
- pluralplural onlymediaSynonym of small caps.
Small capitals in an example identify the word receiving the nuclear accent of the clause, or (in most cases) an extra heavy contrastive accent. [“Bill was the one who wrote this note.” — “No.] Pete wrote it.”
2006, Renaat Declerck, Susan Reed, Bert Cappelle, “The Grammar of the English Verb Phrase”, in The Grammar of the English Tense System, volume 1, →ISBN, page 6Synonyms: small caps
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nounSynonym of small caps.
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