Case
WordNet
noun
(1) A comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy
"The family brought suit against the landlord"
(2) A portable container for carrying several objects
"The musicians left their instrument cases backstage"
(3) A glass container used to store and display items in a shop or museum or home
(4) Bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow
"The burglar carried his loot in a pillowcase"
(5) The enclosing frame around a door or window opening
"The casings had rotted away and had to be replaced"
(6) The housing or outer covering of something
"The clock has a walnut case"
(7) An enveloping structure or covering enclosing an animal or plant organ or part
(8) The actual state of things
"That was not the case"
(9) Nouns or pronouns or adjectives (often marked by inflection) related in some way to other words in a sentence
(10) A statement of facts and reasons used to support an argument
"He stated his case clearly"
(11) A problem requiring investigation
"Perry Mason solved the case of the missing heir"
(12) An occurrence of something
"It was a case of bad judgment"
"Another instance occurred yesterday"
"But there is always the famous example of the Smiths"
(13) A person requiring professional services
"A typical case was the suburban housewife described by a marriage counselor"
(14) A person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities)
"A real character"
"A strange character"
"A friendly eccentric"
"The capable type"
"A mental case"
(15) A person who is subjected to experimental or other observational procedures; someone who is an object of investigation
"The subjects for this investigation were selected randomly"
"The cases that we studied were drawn from two different communities"
(16) The quantity contained in a case
(17) A special set of circumstances
"In that event, the first possibility is excluded"
"It may rain in which case the picnic will be canceled"
(18) A specific state of mind that is temporary
"A case of the jitters"
verb
(19) Enclose in, or as if in, a case
"My feet were encased in mud"
(20) Look over, usually with the intention to rob
"They men cased the housed"
WiktionaryText
Etymology 1
From cas < Old English cas(us) (noun case) < Old French cas (an event) < Latin casus (a falling, a fall; accident, event, occurrence; occasion, opportunity; noun case), perfect passive participle of cadere (to fall, sink, drop) < Proto-Indo-European base *kad- (to fall).
Noun
- A legal proceeding, lawsuit.
- One of several similar instances or events which are being studied and compared.
- : An instance of grammatical case; a category of nouns, pronouns, or adjectives, specialized (usually by inflection) to indicate a particular syntactic relation to other words in a sentence.
- The accusative case canonically indicates a direct object.
- Latin has six cases, and remnants of a seventh.
- A set of grammatical cases or their meanings in a particular language collectively.
- Jane has been studying case in Caucasian languages.
- Latin is a language that employs case.
- A piece of work, specifically defined within a profession.
- It was one of the detective's easiest cases.
- Social workers should work on a maximum of forty active cases.
- The doctor told us of an interesting case he had treated that morning.
- An instance of a specific condition or set of symptons.
- There were another five cases reported overnight.
Etymology 2
From Middle English cas < Old North French casse, Old French chasse (box, chest, case) < Latin capsa (box, bookcase), from capere (to take, seize, hold).
Noun
- A box that contains or can contain a number of identical items of manufacture.
- A piece of luggage that can be used to transport an apparatus such as a sewing machine.
- A suitcase.
- A piece of furniture, constructed partially of transparent glass or plastic, within which items can be displayed.
- The outer covering or framework of a piece of apparatus such as a computer.
- In typography, the nature of a piece of alphabetic type, whether a “capital” (upper case) or “small” (lower case) letter.
- four of a kind
- A unit of liquid measure used to measure sales in the beverage industry equivalent to 192 fluid ounces.