A case is a specific instance or example of something. Your teacher might say, "In your case, I think you should go right into the calculus class."
A box, sheath, or covering;
Noun
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"
Noun
a portable container for carrying several objects; "the musicians left their instrument cases backstage"
Noun
a glass container used to store and display items in a shop or museum or home
Noun
bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow; "the burglar carried his loot in a pillowcase"
Noun
the enclosing frame around a door or window opening; "the casings had rotted away and had to be replaced"
Noun
the housing or outer covering of something; "the clock has a walnut case"
Noun
an enveloping structure or covering enclosing an animal or plant organ or part
Noun
the actual state of things; "that was not the case"
Noun
nouns or pronouns or adjectives (often marked by inflection) related in some way to other words in a sentence
Noun
a statement of facts and reasons used to support an argument; "he stated his case clearly"
Noun
a problem requiring investigation; "Perry Mason solved the case of the missing heir"
Noun
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"
Noun
a person requiring professional services; "a typical case was the suburban housewife described by a marriage counselor"
Noun
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"
Noun
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"
Noun
the quantity contained in a case
Noun
a special set of circumstances; "in that event, the first possibility is excluded"; "it may rain in which case the picnic will be canceled"
Noun
a specific state of mind that is temporary; "a case of the jitters"
Verb
enclose in, or as if in, a case; "my feet were encased in mud"
Verb
look over, usually with the intention to rob; "They men cased the housed"
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.
n.
A box and its contents; the quantity contained in a box; as,
a case of goods; a case of instruments.
n.
A shallow tray divided into compartments or "boxes" for
holding type.
n.
An inclosing frame; a casing; as, a door case; a window case.
n.
A small fissure which admits water to the workings.
v. t.
To cover or protect with, or as with, a case; to inclose.
v. t.
To strip the skin from; as, to case a box.
n.
Chance; accident; hap; opportunity.
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.
n.
A patient under treatment; an instance of sickness or injury;
as, ten cases of fever; also, the history of a disease or injury.
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.
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.
v. i.
To propose hypothetical cases.
Case
Case
The man who, cased in steel, had passed whole days and nights in the saddle.2.
Case
By aventure, or sort, or cas.2.
In any case thou shalt deliver him the pledge.
If the case of the man be so with his wife.
And when a lady's in the case. You know all other things give place.
You think this madness but a common case.
I am in case to justle a constable,3.
A proper remedy in hypochondriacal cases.4.
Let us consider the reason of the case, for nothing is law that is not reason.
Not one case in the reports of our courts.5.
Case is properly a falling off from the nominative or first state of word; the name for which, however, is now, by extension of its signification, applied also to the nominative.
Case
A box, sheath, or covering;
To cover or protect with, or as with, a case; to inclose.
Chance; accident; hap; opportunity.
To propose hypothetical cases.
Usage Examples
Age is a case of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it don't matter.
Age is strictly a case of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter.
Great buildings that move the spirit have always been rare. In every case they are unique, poetic, products of the heart.
Dogs feel very strongly that they should always go with you in the car, in case the need should arise for them to bark violently at nothing right in your ear.
Can you imagine a guy breaking into your car, and he steals your guitar case 'cause he thinks it's a guitar, and he gets it home and opens it up and there's a rake inside it, an electric toilet plunger and a dog skull? That actually happened.
As far as I'm aware, everybody in the shadow cabinet accepts that there's a compelling case on climate change and a strong scientific case.
I even knew some of the dialogue but it was definitely cool to look at. We always argue that the movies should be loyal but in this case I could argue that it might have been too loyal.
At issue in the Hiss Case was the question whether this sick society, which we call Western civilization, could in its extremity still cast up a man whose faith in it was so great that he would voluntarily abandon those things which men hold good, including life, to defend it.
I always put clothes and family photos under the mattress, in case the house burns down.
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Other Usage ExamplesA lot of parents never speak to their transgender kids again that's not the case in my family.
And I think it's a prudent, responsible way, given the scale of the emergency, the scale of the damage still facing America, that we finance these additional support for the unemployed as well as the support for small business. We think there's a good case for doing it now. We want to do it in an overall fiscally responsible way.
Also, it is interesting that developing countries, with China and India perhaps in the lead, where the future of the global environment will be decided are now on board with the case for sustainable development.
All too often, government's response to social breakdown has been a classic case of 'patching' - a case of handing money out, containing problems and limiting the damage but, in doing so, supporting - even reinforcing - dysfunctional behaviour.
Acting has always existed alongside my normal life. It's been a case of learning on the job. I've worked in so many styles, with so many people, so I've picked bits up from everyone and everything.
Cagey trial lawyers have figured out there's a pretty good likelihood their case - no matter what its merit - will literally get its day in court because of favorable judges.
From your confessor, lawyer and physician, hide not your case on no condition.
Books constitute capital. A library book lasts as long as a house, for hundreds of years. It is not, then, an article of mere consumption but fairly of capital, and often in the case of professional men, setting out in life, it is their only capital.
I am most thankful to Almighty Providence for mercies received, and determined still to press the case into public notice as a token of gratitude.
I always travel with my bike and it has become a little more difficult to do it nowadays, but I stick it in 3,5 by 6-foot case and wheel that thing in.
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