Case - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |keɪs|  American pronunciation of the word case
Brit.  |keɪs|  British pronunciation of the word case

noun

- an occurrence of something (syn: example, instance)
it was a case of bad judgment
- a special set of circumstances (syn: event)
it may rain in which case the picnic will be canceled
- a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy (syn: cause, lawsuit, suit)
- the actual state of things
that was not the case
- a portable container for carrying several objects
the musicians left their instrument cases backstage
- a person requiring professional services
a typical case was the suburban housewife described by a marriage counselor
- a person who is subjected to experimental or other observational procedures; someone who is an object of investigation (syn: subject)
the cases that we studied were drawn from two different communities
- a problem requiring investigation
Perry Mason solved the case of the missing heir
- a statement of facts and reasons used to support an argument
he stated his case clearly
- the quantity contained in a case
- nouns or pronouns or adjectives (often marked by inflection) related in some way to other words in a sentence
- a specific state of mind that is temporary
a case of the jitters
- a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities) (syn: character, eccentric, type)
a mental case
- a specific size and style of type within a type family (syn: face, font, fount)
- an enveloping structure or covering enclosing an animal or plant organ or part (syn: sheath)
- the housing or outer covering of something (syn: casing, shell)
the clock has a walnut case
- the enclosing frame around a door or window opening (syn: casing)
- (printing) the receptacle in which a compositor has his type, which is divided into compartments for the different letters, spaces, or numbers
for English, a compositor will ordinarily have two such cases, the upper case containing the capitals and the lower case containing the small letters
- bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow (syn: pillowcase, slip)
the burglar carried his loot in a pillowcase
- a glass container used to store and display items in a shop or museum or home (syn: showcase)

verb

- look over, usually with the intention to rob
They men cased the housed
- enclose in, or as if in, a case (syn: encase, incase)
my feet were encased in mud

Extra examples

Everybody knew they had a terrible case on each other.

The defence rests its case.

The court will not hear this case.

The lawyer argued the case skillfully.

She made out a good case for her client.

They settled the case out of court.

The hunters killed two deer, and cased the skins.

He was casing the field for a career.

There were 16 cases of damage to cars in the area.

The amount of fruit in fruit juices must be 6% in the case of berries and 10% in the case of other fruits.

In many cases standards have improved.

Tom's career is a case in point (=a clear example of something that you are discussing or explaining).

Like the others, he produced a written explanation, but in Scott's case this was a 30-page printed booklet.

Changing men's and women's traditional roles is not easy, but in our case it has been helpful.

It may be the case that the scheme will need more money.

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: case
he/she/it: cases
present participle: casing
past tense: cased
past participle: cased
noun
singular: case
plural: cases
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