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Case
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- 1 The last remaining card of a particular rank. not-comparable, slang
"He drew the case eight!"
- 1 A surname.
- 2 A place name:; A township in Presque Isle County, Michigan, United States.
- 3 A place name:; An unincorporated community in Laclede County, Missouri, United States.
- 4 A place name:; An unincorporated community in Warren County, Missouri.
- 1 An actual event, situation, or fact.
"For a change, in this case, he was telling the truth."
- 2 A box that contains or can contain a number of identical items of manufacture.
- 3 computer-aided software engineering.
- 4 abstract feature of a noun phrase that determines its function in a sentence, such as a grammatical case and a position.
"The basic principle governing case is: (20) The Case filter: A lexicalized NP must bear a Case feature in S-structure. ‘Case’ with a capital C is here understood not as morphologically marked case, but as an abstract feature which will be present even in languages such as Swahili or Chinese which lack case marking on NPs (it is usually assumed however, that Case will be congruent with morphological case where the latter is present)."
- 5 a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy wordnet
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- 6 A given condition or state. archaic
"Thus vvhilſt he hopt he hild her leaſt, ſo altereth the cace / VVith ſuch as ſhe, Ah ſuch it is to build on ſuch a face."
- 7 A box, sheath, or covering generally.
"a case for spectacles; the case of a watch"
- 8 coatings, adhesives, sealants and elastomers.
- 9 a portable container for carrying several objects wordnet
- 10 A piece of work, specifically defined within a profession; the set of tasks involved in addressing the situation of a specific person or event.
"It was one of the detective's easiest cases."
- 11 A piece of luggage that can be used to transport an apparatus such as a sewing machine.
- 12 a glass container used to store and display items in a shop or museum or home wordnet
- 13 An instance or event as a topic of study.
"The teaching consists of theory lessons and case studies."
- 14 An enclosing frame or casing.
"a door case; a window case"
- 15 bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow wordnet
- 16 A legal proceeding; a lawsuit or prosecution.
"“Two or three months more went by ; the public were eagerly awaiting the arrival of this semi-exotic claimant to an English peerage, and sensations, surpassing those of the Tichbourne case, were looked forward to with palpitating interest. […]”"
- 17 A suitcase.
- 18 (printing) the receptacle in which a compositor has their type, which is divided into compartments for the different letters, spaces, or numbers wordnet
- 19 A specific inflection of a word (particularly a noun, pronoun, or adjective) depending on its function in the sentence.
"The accusative case most commonly indicates a direct object."
- 20 A piece of furniture, constructed partially of transparent glass or plastic, within which items can be displayed.
- 21 the enclosing frame around a door or window opening wordnet
- 22 Grammatical cases and their meanings taken either as a topic in general or within a specific language. uncountable
"Jane has been studying case in Caucasian languages."
- 23 The outer covering or framework of a piece of apparatus such as a computer.
- 24 the housing or outer covering of something wordnet
- 25 An instance of a specific condition or set of symptoms.
"There were another five cases reported overnight."
- 26 A shallow tray divided into compartments or "boxes" for holding type, traditionally arranged in sets of two, the "upper case" (containing capitals, small capitals, accented) and "lower case" (small letters, figures, punctuation marks, quadrats, and spaces). historical
- 27 an enveloping structure or covering enclosing an animal or plant organ or part wordnet
- 28 A section of code representing one of the actions of a conditional switch.
"Place a break statement at the end of every case to prevent case fall-through."
- 29 The nature of a piece of alphabetic type, whether a “capital” (upper case) or “small” (lower case) letter. broadly
- 30 the actual state of things wordnet
- 31 A love affair. archaic
"Poor fellow, just as I thought! It's a case with him, anybody can see that. He is thinking about Christine, for a certainty. Lovers always take to stargazing and moonlight dreaming — it's part of their complaint."
- 32 Four of a kind. slang
- 33 nouns or pronouns or adjectives (often marked by inflection) related in some way to other words in a sentence wordnet
- 34 A unit of liquid measure used to measure sales in the beverage industry, equivalent to 192 fluid ounces. US
- 35 a statement of facts and reasons used to support an argument wordnet
- 36 A small fissure which admits water into the workings.
- 37 a problem requiring investigation wordnet
- 38 A thin layer of harder metal on the surface of an object whose deeper metal is allowed to remain soft.
- 39 a specific size and style of type within a type family wordnet
- 40 A cardboard box that holds (usually 24) beer bottles or cans.
"a single case of Bud Light"
- 41 an occurrence of something wordnet
- 42 A counterfeit crown (five-shilling coin). UK, obsolete, slang
"The price of a case (five shillings piece bad) from the smasher is about one shilling; an alderman (two and sixpence) about sixpence; a peg (shilling) about threepence; a downer or sprat (sixpence) about twopence."
- 43 a person requiring professional services wordnet
- 44 a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities) wordnet
- 45 a person who is subjected to experimental or other observational procedures; someone who is an object of investigation wordnet
- 46 the quantity contained in a case wordnet
- 47 a special set of circumstances wordnet
- 48 a specific state of mind that is temporary wordnet
- 1 To propose hypothetical cases. intransitive, obsolete
"Casing upon the Matter."
- 2 To place (an item or items of manufacture) into a box, as in preparation for shipment. transitive
- 3 enclose in, or as if in, a case wordnet
- 4 To cover or protect with, or as if with, a case; to enclose. transitive
"The man who, cased in steel, had passed whole days and nights in the saddle."
- 5 look over, usually with the intention to rob wordnet
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- 6 To survey (a building or other location) surreptitiously, as in preparation for a robbery. informal, transitive
"You are in the grounds of Brockholes Abbey, a house into which a great deal of valuable property has just been moved. And your job is to case the joint for a break in."
Etymology
From Middle English cas, from Old French cas (“an event”), from Latin cāsus (“a falling, a fall; accident, event, occurrence; occasion, opportunity; noun case”), perfect passive participle of cadō (“to fall, to drop”).
From Middle English cas, from Old French cas (“an event”), from Latin cāsus (“a falling, a fall; accident, event, occurrence; occasion, opportunity; noun case”), perfect passive participle of cadō (“to fall, to drop”).
From Middle English case, from Old Northern French casse (compare Old French chasse (“box, chest, case”)), from Latin capsa (“box, bookcase”), from capiō (“to take, seize, hold”). Doublet of cash, chase, and chasse. Compare Spanish caja, Asturian caxa, Portuguese caixa.
From Middle English case, from Old Northern French casse (compare Old French chasse (“box, chest, case”)), from Latin capsa (“box, bookcase”), from capiō (“to take, seize, hold”). Doublet of cash, chase, and chasse. Compare Spanish caja, Asturian caxa, Portuguese caixa.
From Middle English case, from Old Northern French casse (compare Old French chasse (“box, chest, case”)), from Latin capsa (“box, bookcase”), from capiō (“to take, seize, hold”). Doublet of cash, chase, and chasse. Compare Spanish caja, Asturian caxa, Portuguese caixa.
Capitalization by Noam Chomsky.
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