Case (IPA: /ˈkeɪs/)
| Case (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. |
| Case (n.) |
A box and its contents; the quantity contained in a box; as, a case of goods; a case of instruments. |
| Case (n.) |
A shallow tray divided into compartments or "LFT boxes RHT" for holding type. |
| Case (n.) |
An inclosing frame; a casing; as, a door case; a window case. |
| Case (n.) |
A small fissure which admits water to the workings. |
| Case (v. t.) |
To cover or protect with, or as with, a case; to inclose. |
| Case (v. t.) |
To strip the skin from; as, to case a box. |
| Case (n.) |
Chance; accident; hap; opportunity. |
| Case (n.) |
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. |
| Case (n.) |
A patient under treatment; an instance of sickness or injury; as, ten cases of fever; also, the history of a disease or injury. |
| Case (n.) |
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. |
| Case (n.) |
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. |
| Case (v. i.) |
To propose hypothetical cases. |
| Case () |
A knife carried in a sheath or case. |
| Case () |
A large table knife; -- so called from being formerly kept in a case. |
| Case () |
A collection of small projectiles, inclosed in a case or canister. |
| Case |
Grammatical category whose value reflects the grammatical function performed by a noun or pronoun in a phrase, clause, or sentence |
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American singer |
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Album by Case |
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Polish rabbi |
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Family name |
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Caseful |
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Casing |
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Type, Eccentric, Character |
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Showcase, Vitrine, Display Case |
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Event |
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Grammatical Case |
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Example, Instance |
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Causa, Cause, Suit, Lawsuit |
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Pillowcase, Pillow Slip, Slip |
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Sheath |
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Casing, Shell |
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Guinea Pig, Subject |
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Encase, Incase |
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| Case (Last Name / Surname) |
Case is the #885 most common last name / surname from the 2010 United States Census. The census reported that 39,319 people had that surname. |
| Spanish Translation |
Case in Spanish is Caso |
| Tagalog Translation |
Case in Tagalog is Kahon |
| Example Sentence (Quote) " "Good thinking ," the tall man agreed. In this case it's not true, but it is good thinking ."" - Michael Kurland |
| Example Sentence (Quote) "/* we have tried to make this normal case as abnormal as possible */" - Larry Wall |
| Example Sentence (Quote) "A casus omissus can in no case be supplied by a Court of law, for that would be to make laws." - Judicial interpretation |
| Example Sentence (Quote) "A father, by the law of God and nature, is bound to support his son, and è contra, in case the father is empoverished." - Fathers |
| Example Sentence (Quote) "A flat case as plain as a pack-staff." - Thomas Middleton |
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