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PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: case

1	n	an occurrence of something
2	n	a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy
3	n v	the housing or outer covering of something enclose in, or as if in, a case
4	n	a person requiring professional services
5	n	a specific size and style of type within a type family
6	n	nouns or pronouns or adjectives (often marked by inflection) related in some way to other words in a sentence
7	v	look over, usually with the intention to rob

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: case

n an occurrence of something

“it was a case of bad judgment”

Synonyms:: example, instance

Types:: humiliation, mortification
an instance in which you are caused to lose your prestige or self-respect; bit, piece
an instance of some kind; clip, time
an instance or single occasion for some event

Type of:: happening, natural event, occurrence, occurrent
an event that happens

n a specific state of mind that is temporary

“a case of the jitters”

Type of:: frame of mind, state of mind
a temporary psychological state

n the actual state of things

“that was not the case”

Type of:: fact
a piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred

n a special set of circumstances

“it may rain in which case the picnic will be canceled”

Synonyms:: event

Type of:: circumstance
a condition that accompanies or influences some event or activity

n a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy

Synonyms:: causa, cause, lawsuit, suit

Types:: show 6 types...; hide 6 types...; civil suit
a lawsuit alleging violations of civil law by the defendant; class action, class-action suit
a lawsuit brought by a representative member of a large group of people on behalf of all members of the group; countersuit
a suit brought against someone who has sued you; criminal suit
a lawsuit alleging violations of criminal law by the defendant; moot
a hypothetical case that law students argue as an exercise; bastardy proceeding, paternity suit
a lawsuit filed to determine the father of a child born out of wedlock (and to provide for the support of the child once paternity is determined)

Type of:: legal proceeding, proceeding, proceedings
(law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked

n a problem requiring investigation

“Perry Mason solved the case of the missing heir”

Type of:: problem
a question raised for consideration or solution

n a statement of facts and reasons used to support an argument

“he stated his case clearly”

Type of:: argument, statement
a fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true

n the housing or outer covering of something

“the clock has a walnut case”

Synonyms:: casing, shell

Types:: boot
protective casing for something that resembles a leg; gear box, gear case, gearbox
the shell (metal casing) in which a train of gears is sealed; jacket
the tough metal shell casing for certain kinds of ammunition

Type of:: housing
a protective cover designed to contain or support a mechanical component

n the enclosing frame around a door or window opening

Synonyms:: casing

Type of:: framework
a structure supporting or containing something

n a glass container used to store and display items in a shop or museum or home

Synonyms:: display case, showcase, vitrine

Types:: trophy case
a case in which to display trophies

Type of:: container
any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another)

n an enveloping structure or covering enclosing an animal or plant organ or part

Synonyms:: sheath

Types:: show 9 types...; hide 9 types...; theca
outer sheath of the pupa of certain insects; lorica
a hard protective sheath (as secreted by certain protoctists, for example); medullary sheath, myelin sheath
a layer of myelin encasing (and insulating) the axons of medullated nerve fibers; neurilemma, neurolemma
thin membranous sheath around a nerve fiber; husk
outer membranous covering of some fruits or seeds; cornhusk
the husk of an ear of corn; hull
dry outer covering of a fruit or seed or nut; cod, pod, seedcase
the vessel that contains the seeds of a plant (not the seeds themselves); bract
a modified leaf or leaflike part just below and protecting an inflorescence

Type of:: cover, covering, natural covering
a natural object that covers or envelops

n a portable container for carrying several objects

“the musicians left their instrument cases backstage”

Types:: show 30 types...; hide 30 types...; baggage, luggage
cases used to carry belongings when traveling; briefcase
a case with a handle; for carrying papers or files or books; cardcase
a small case for carrying business cards; cigarette case
a small flat case for holding cigarettes; can be carried in a purse or a pocket; compact, powder compact
a small cosmetics case with a mirror; to be carried in a woman's purse; dispatch box, dispatch case
case consisting of an oblong container (usually having a lock) for carrying dispatches or other valuables; glasses case
a case for carrying spectacles; gun case
a case for storing a gun; kit
a case for containing a set of articles; letter case
case for carrying letters; locket
a small ornamental case; usually contains a picture or a lock of hair and is worn on a necklace; pillbox
a small case for holding pills; portfolio
a large, flat, thin case for carrying loose papers or drawings or maps; usually leather; quiver
case for holding arrows; shoe
(card games) a case from which playing cards are dealt one at a time; sleeve
small case into which an object fits; billfold, notecase, pocketbook, wallet
a pocket-size case for holding papers and paper money; watch case
the metal case in which the works of a watch are housed; writing desk
a portable case containing writing materials and having a writing surface; attache, attache case
a shallow and rectangular briefcase; bag, grip, suitcase, traveling bag, travelling bag
a portable rectangular container for carrying clothes; ditty bag
kit used by sailors and soldiers; dressing case
a small piece of luggage for carrying brushes and bottles and toilet articles while traveling; hand luggage
luggage that is light enough to be carried by hand; hatbox
a round piece of luggage for carrying hats; imperial
a piece of luggage carried on top of a coach; record cover, record sleeve
a sleeve for storing a phonograph record; satchel
luggage consisting of a small case with a flat bottom and (usually) a shoulder strap; toilet kit, travel kit
a kit for carrying toilet articles while traveling; trunk
luggage consisting of a large strong case used when traveling or for storage

Type of:: container
any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another)

n bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow

Synonyms:: pillow slip, pillowcase, slip

Type of:: bed linen
linen or cotton articles for a bed (as sheets and pillowcases)

n the quantity contained in a case

Synonyms:: caseful

Type of:: containerful
the quantity that a container will hold

v enclose in, or as if in, a case

Synonyms:: encase, incase

Types:: show 8 types...; hide 8 types...; pack
arrange in a container; box, package
put into a box; sack
put in a sack; crate
put into a crate; as for protection; containerise, containerize
package in a container; bag
put into a bag; bundle, bundle up, roll up
make into a bundle; stow
fill by packing tightly

Type of:: close in, enclose, inclose, shut in
surround completely

n a person requiring professional services

“a typical case was the suburban housewife described by a marriage counselor”

Types:: show 14 types...; hide 14 types...; client
a person who seeks the advice of a lawyer; patient
a person who requires medical care; referral
a person whose case has been referred to a specialist or professional group; charity case, welfare case
a case for a welfare worker; alexic
a person with alexia; analysand
a person undergoing psychoanalysis; arthritic
a person afflicted with arthritis; hypertensive
a person who has abnormally high blood pressure; hypochondriac
a patient with imaginary symptoms and ailments; hypotensive
a person who has abnormally low blood pressure; index case
the earliest documented case of a disease that is included in an epidemiological study; inmate, inpatient
a patient who is residing in the hospital where he is being treated; outpatient
a patient who does not reside in the hospital where he is being treated; vaccinee
a patient who has been vaccinated

Type of:: individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul
a human being

n a person who is subjected to experimental or other observational procedures; someone who is an object of investigation

“the cases that we studied were drawn from two different communities”

Synonyms:: guinea pig, subject

Type of:: individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul
a human being

n a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities)

“a mental case”

Synonyms:: character, eccentric, type

Type of:: adult, grownup
a fully developed person from maturity onward

n a specific size and style of type within a type family

Synonyms:: face, font, fount, typeface

Types:: show 17 types...; hide 17 types...; unicameral script
a script with a single case; bicameral script
a script having two distinct cases; constant-width font, fixed-width font, monospaced font, typewriter font
a typeface is which each character is given the same width (as by a typewriter); proportional font
any font whose different characters have different widths; cartridge font, font cartridge
any font that is contained in a cartridge that can be plugged into a computer printer; Gothic, black letter
a heavy typeface in use from 15th to 18th centuries; bold, bold face, boldface
a typeface with thick heavy lines; italic
a typeface with letters slanting upward to the right; raster font, screen font
the font that is displayed on a computer screen; Helvetica, sans serif
a typeface in which characters have no serifs; Latin alphabet, Roman alphabet
the alphabet evolved by the ancient Romans which serves for writing most of the languages of western Europe; Hebraic alphabet, Hebrew alphabet, Hebrew script
a Semitic alphabet used since the 5th century BC for writing the Hebrew language (and later for writing Yiddish and Ladino); Cyrillic, Cyrillic alphabet
an alphabet derived from the Greek alphabet and used for writing Slavic languages (Russian, Bulgarian, Serbian, Ukrainian, and some other Slavic languages); Arabic alphabet
the alphabet of 28 characters derived from Aramaic and used for writing Arabic languages (and borrowed for writing Urdu); Bodoni, Bodoni font, modern, modern font
a typeface (based on an 18th century design by Gianbattista Bodoni) distinguished by regular shape and hairline serifs and heavy downstrokes; old style, old style font
a typeface (based on an 18th century design) distinguished by irregularity and slanted ascender serifs and little contrast between light and heavy strokes; roman, roman letters, roman print, roman type
a typeface used in ancient Roman inscriptions

Type of:: type
printed characters

n (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”

Synonyms:: compositor's case, typesetter's case

Type of:: receptacle
a container that is used to put or keep things in

n nouns or pronouns or adjectives (often marked by inflection) related in some way to other words in a sentence

Synonyms:: grammatical case

Types:: show 7 types...; hide 7 types...; nominative, nominative case, subject case
the category of nouns serving as the grammatical subject of a verb; oblique, oblique case
any grammatical case other than the nominative; accusative, accusative case, objective case
the case of nouns serving as the direct object of a verb; dative, dative case
the category of nouns serving as the indirect object of a verb; genitive, genitive case, possessive, possessive case
the case expressing ownership; vocative, vocative case
the case (in some inflected languages) used when the referent of the noun is being addressed; ablative, ablative case
the case indicating the agent in passive sentences or the instrument or manner or place of the action described by the verb

Type of:: grammatical category, syntactic category
(grammar) a category of words having the same grammatical properties

v look over, usually with the intention to rob

“They men cased the housed”

Type of:: inspect
look over carefully

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