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Meaning of caps-locked | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C1

Definitions

Typed with the Caps Lock mode turned on; written in all caps.

not-comparable

Examples

“Typing using all capital letters in any sort of online correspondence usually is seen as the virtual equivalent of SHOUTING. For emphasis, bold type or italics always are preferable, because a caps-locked section of text is seen as both visually ugly and rude.”
“The Republican convention was a gruesome and tawdry spectacle. And everything was topped off with nothing more than a red hat with a badly kerned, caps-locked slogan.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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