Word Frequency
case1 (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
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- a person attended or served by a doctor, social worker, solicitor, etc; patient or client
- (as modifier) ⇒
a case study
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- 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)
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See in any case
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See in case
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See in case of
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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
View thesaurus entry = situation, event, circumstance(s), state, position, condition, context, dilemma, plight, contingency, predicament
case2 (keɪs
)
Definitions
noun
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- 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
- 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 entryTranslations for 'case'
- 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 NOUNsituation
- Arabic: حَالَة
- Brazilian Portuguese: caso
- Chinese: 案例
- Croatian: slučaj
- Czech: případ
- Danish: tilfælde
- Dutch: geval
- European Spanish: caso
- Finnish: tapaus
- French: cas
- German: Fall Fälle
- Greek: περίπτωση
- Italian: caso
- Japanese: 場合
- Korean: 사례보기
- Norwegian: tilfelle
- Polish: przypadekwypadek
- Portuguese: caso
- Romanian: caz cazuri
- Russian: случай
- Spanish: caso
- Swedish: målärende
- Thai: กรณี, เหตุการณ์
- Turkish: vaka
- Ukrainian: випадок
- Vietnamese: trường hợp
- British English: casekeɪs A case is a container that is used to hold or carry something.He put the camera in its case. NOUNcontainer
- Arabic: غِلاف
- Brazilian Portuguese: caixa
- Chinese: 盒
- Croatian: kutija
- Czech: pouzdro
- Danish: etui
- Dutch: tasje
- European Spanish: caja
- Finnish: laukku
- French: caisse
- German: Tasche
- Greek: θήκη
- Italian: astuccio
- Japanese: ケース
- Korean: 상자
- Norwegian: veske
- Polish: etui
- Portuguese: mala
- Romanian: geantă genți
- Russian: чемодан
- Spanish: estuche
- Swedish: fodral
- Thai: ซอง
- Turkish: kap
- Ukrainian: чохол
- Vietnamese: vali
Example Sentences Including 'case'
Anchoring a `floating kidney' was in many hospitals a weekly case on the theatre list.THE MEDICAL MYSTERIES E-OMNIBUS (2001)
But this is not necessarily always the case , and in addition to that, much may change in the coming months.Country Life (2004)
Malone hesitated, then went on,'I'm off her case , Greg - 'Wise move,' was all Random said.YESTERDAY'S SHADOW (2002)
No-one who voted Yes did so because they wanted legislation on foot of the X case.Irish Times (2002)
Nobody's sure whether his disappearance has got anything to do with the Jarawa case.THE EXECUTION (2002)
Surely it was a relatively minor case , with no need for a show trial, or even any trial.Glasgow Herald (2001)
The German operations did not have anything to do with the Enron case.Irish Times (2002)
Trinity Mirror appears ready to meet that challenge in this case.Glasgow Herald (2001)
We solved a case last year, took us seven years to identify the victim -'Oh God,' said Deric.YESTERDAY'S SHADOW (2002)
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