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Definition of CASE

1. Verb. Look over, usually with the intention to rob. "They men cased the housed"

2. Noun. An occurrence of something. "But there is always the famous example of the Smiths"

3. Verb. Enclose in, or as if in, a case. "They CASE the goods"; "My feet were encased in mud"

4. Noun. A special set of circumstances. "It may rain in which case the picnic will be canceled"

5. Noun. A comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy. "The family brought suit against the landlord"

6. Noun. The actual state of things. "That was not the case"

7. Noun. A portable container for carrying several objects. "The musicians left their instrument cases backstage"

8. Noun. A person requiring professional services. "A typical case was the suburban housewife described by a marriage counselor"

9. Noun. A person who is subjected to experimental or other observational procedures; someone who is an object of investigation. "The cases that we studied were drawn from two different communities"

10. Noun. A problem requiring investigation. "Perry Mason solved the case of the missing heir"

11. Noun. A statement of facts and reasons used to support an argument. "He stated his case clearly"

12. Noun. The quantity contained in a case.

13. Noun. Nouns or pronouns or adjectives (often marked by inflection) related in some way to other words in a sentence.

14. Noun. A specific state of mind that is temporary. "A case of the jitters"

15. Noun. A person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities). "A mental case"

16. Noun. A specific size and style of type within a type family.

17. Noun. An enveloping structure or covering enclosing an animal or plant organ or part.

18. Noun. The housing or outer covering of something. "The clock has a walnut case"

19. Noun. The enclosing frame around a door or window opening. "The casings had rotted away and had to be replaced"

20. Noun. (printing) the receptacle in which a compositor has his type, which is divided into compartments for the different letters, spaces, or numbers. "For English, a compositor will ordinarily have two such cases, the upper case containing the capitals and the lower case containing the small letters"

21. Noun. Bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow. "The burglar carried his loot in a pillowcase"

22. Noun. A glass container used to store and display items in a shop or museum or home.

Definition of CASE

1. n. A box, sheath, or covering; as, a case for holding goods; a case for spectacles; the case of a watch; the case (capsule) of a cartridge; a case (cover) for a book.

2. v. t. To cover or protect with, or as with, a case; to inclose.

3. n. Chance; accident; hap; opportunity.

4. v. i. To propose hypothetical cases.

Definition of CASE

1. Acronym. (computing software) computer-aided software engineering. ¹

2. Noun. An actual event, situation, or fact. ¹

3. Noun. A piece of work, specifically defined within a profession. ¹

4. Noun. (legal) A legal proceeding, lawsuit. ¹

5. Noun. (grammar) A specific inflection of a word depending on its function in the sentence. ¹

6. Noun. (grammar uncountable) Grammatical cases and their meanings taken either as a topic in general or within a specific language. ¹

7. Noun. (medicine) An instance of a specific condition or set of symptoms. ¹

8. Noun. A box that contains or can contain a number of identical items of manufacture. ¹

9. Noun. A piece of luggage that can be used to transport an apparatus such as a sewing machine. ¹

10. Noun. A suitcase. ¹

11. Noun. A piece of furniture, constructed partially of transparent glass or plastic, within which items can be displayed. ¹

12. Noun. The outer covering or framework of a piece of apparatus such as a computer. ¹

13. Noun. (typography) The nature of a piece of alphabetic type, whether a “capital” (upper case) or “small” (lower case) letter. ¹

14. Noun. (context: poker slang) Four of a kind. ¹

15. Noun. (American English) A unit of liquid measure used to measure sales in the beverage industry equivalent to 192 fluid ounces. ¹

16. Adjective. (context: poker slang) The last remaining card of a particular rank ¹

17. Verb. (transitive) To place (an item or items of manufacture) into a box, as in preparation for shipment. ¹

18. Verb. (transitive informal) To survey (a building or other location) surreptitiously, as in preparation for a robbery. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of CASE

1. to put in a case (a container or receptacle) [v CASED, CASING, CASES]

Medical Definition of CASE

1. 1. An instance of disease with its attendant circumstances. Compare: patient. 2. A box or container. Origin: L. Casus, an occurrence Borderline case, a patient, whose clinical findings are suggestive, but not fully convincing, of a specific diagnosis. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of CASE

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