1case1 (keɪs
)
Definitions
noun
- a single instance, occurrence, or example of something
- an instance of disease, injury, hardship, etc
- a question or matter for discussion ⇒
the case before the committee
- a specific condition or state of affairs; situation
- a set of arguments supporting a particular action, cause, etc
- a person attended or served by a doctor, social worker, solicitor, etc; patient or client
- ((as modifier) ⇒
a case study
- an action or suit at law or something that forms sufficient grounds for bringing an action ⇒
he has a good case
- the evidence offered in court to support a claim
- an action or suit at law or something that forms sufficient grounds for bringing an action ⇒
- grammar
- a set of grammatical categories of nouns, pronouns, and adjectives, marked by inflection in some languages, indicating the relation of the noun, adjective, or pronoun to other words in the sentence
- any one of these categories ⇒
the nominative case
- informal a person in or regarded as being in a specified condition ⇒
the accident victim was a hospital case
he's a mental case
- informal a person of a specified character (esp in the phrase a hard case)
- informal an odd person; eccentric
- US informal love or infatuation
- short for case shot See canister (sense 2b)
- See as the case may be
- See in any case
- See in case
- See in case of
- See in no case
Word Origin
Old English casus (grammatical) case, associated also with Old French cas a happening; both from Latin cāsus, a befalling, occurrence, from cadere to fallSynonyms
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situation,
event,
circumstance(s)
state,
position,
condition,
context,
dilemma,
plight,
contingency,
predicament,
2case2 (keɪs)
Definitions
noun
- a container, such as a box or chest
- ((in combination) ⇒
suitcase
briefcase
- an outer cover or sheath, esp for a watch
- a receptacle and its contents ⇒
a case of ammunition
- a pair or brace, esp of pistols
- architecture another word for casing (sense 3)
- a completed cover ready to be fastened to a book to form its binding
- printing a tray divided into many compartments in which a compositor keeps individual metal types of a particular size and style. Cases were originally used in pairs, one (the upper case) for capitals, the other (the lower case) for small letters See also upper case , lower case
- metallurgy the surface of a piece of steel that has been case-hardened
verb (tr)
- to put into or cover with a case ⇒
to case the machinery
- slang to inspect carefully (esp a place to be robbed)
Word Origin
C13: from Old French casse, from Latin capsa, from capere to take, holdSynonyms
View thesaurus entryvanity bag or case or box
Definitions
noun
- a woman's small bag or hand case used to carry cosmetics, etc
Translations
- British English:
case
A case is a particular situation, especially one that you are using as an example.He has a family to support – in his case, nine people.keɪs NOUN He has a family to support – in his case, nine people.
- Spanish:
caso
nm
- French:
cas
nm
- German:
Fall
nm Fälle
- Chinese: 案例 n
- Arabic: حَالَة n
- Portuguese: caso nm
- Russian: случай nm
- Croatian: slučaj nm
- Czech: případ nm
- Danish: sag nutr
- Dutch: geval nnt
- Finnish: tapaus n
- Greek: περίπτωση nf
- Italian: caso nm
- Japanese: 場合 n
- Korean: 사례 n
- Norwegian: tilfelle nm
- Polish: przypadek nm
- Brazilian Portuguese: caso nm
- European Spanish:
caso
nm
- Swedish: mål nnt
- Thai: คดี n
- Turkish: vaka n
- Vietnamese: trường hợp n