case
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1. case - Noun
2. case - Adjective
3. case - Verb
4. Case - Proper noun
Meaning
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.
A box and its contents; the quantity contained in a box; as, a case of goods; a case of instruments.
A shallow tray divided into compartments or "boxes" for holding type.
An inclosing frame; a casing; as, a door case; a window case.
A small fissure which admits water to the workings.
To cover or protect with, or as with, a case; to inclose.
To strip the skin from; as, to case a box.
Chance; accident; hap; opportunity.
That which befalls, comes, or happens; an event; an instance; a circumstance, or all the circumstances; condition; state of things; affair; as, a strange case; a case of injustice; the case of the Indian tribes.
A patient under treatment; an instance of sickness or injury; as, ten cases of fever; also, the history of a disease or injury.
The matters of fact or conditions involved in a suit, as distinguished from the questions of law; a suit or action at law; a cause.
One of the forms, or the inflections or changes of form, of a noun, pronoun, or adjective, which indicate its relation to other words, and in the aggregate constitute its declension; the relation which a noun or pronoun sustains to some other word.
To propose hypothetical cases.
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the family brought suit against the landlord
the musicians left their instrument cases backstage
the burglar carried his loot in a pillowcase
for English, a compositor will ordinarily have two such cases, the upper case containing the capitals and the lower case containing the small letters
the casings had rotted away and had to be replaced
the clock has a walnut case