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US
/ˈkeɪs/
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[ UK /kˈeɪs/ ]
[ UK /kˈeɪs/ ]
NOUN
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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 -
an occurrence of something
another instance occurred yesterday
it was a case of bad judgment
but there is always the famous example of the Smiths - a glass container used to store and display items in a shop or museum or home
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the housing or outer covering of something
the clock has a walnut case -
a problem requiring investigation
Perry Mason solved the case of the missing heir -
a specific state of mind that is temporary
a case of the jitters -
a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities)
a friendly eccentric
the capable type
a real character
a strange character
a mental case -
(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
the burglar carried his loot in a pillowcase -
a special set of circumstances
in that event, the first possibility is excluded
it may rain in which case the picnic will be canceled - an enveloping structure or covering enclosing an animal or plant organ or part
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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 - nouns or pronouns or adjectives (often marked by inflection) related in some way to other words in a sentence
- the quantity contained in a case
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the enclosing frame around a door or window opening
the casings had rotted away and had to be replaced -
a statement of facts and reasons used to support an argument
he stated his case clearly - a specific size and style of type within a type family
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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
VERB
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enclose in, or as if in, a case
my feet were encased in mud -
look over, usually with the intention to rob
They men cased the housed
How To Use case In A Sentence
- We carried spare water for the rad, a hand pump just in case the Dunlop pressure dropped, and maybe even a canister of petrol.
- She was carrying her overnight case and a basket of dried flowers-statice, strawflower, and immortelle in the pastel colors referred to in seed catalogues as "art shades": fawn, apricot, mauve, and pale yellow. Incubus
- So they set up this fund to compensate victims in serious cases of abuse.
- The warden of prisons was contacted for information on the convict's behavior on the chain gang, or in a few cases on the State Farm.
- It's not because I'm worried about what they might think, or anything ridiculous like that, it's because in a lot of cases this material was intended for me alone - either through an oral tradition or as a gnostic revelation from the spirits.
- Iin this case it uses the atomic unit of digital life - a single screen of data on a Palm, a little brick of reality we spend so much time staring at all day long.
- In a landmark case/decision, the Governor pardoned a woman convicted of killing her husband, who had physically abused her.
- Compared to a Finno-Ugric language like Estonian or Hungarian, which has tons of cases with exotic names like the inessive, superessive, ablative, translative, and exessive, English seems as poor as a pauper on payday. 2009 October « Motivated Grammar
- Add the toasted almond slivers and mix well before turning into the pastry case. Times, Sunday Times
- In any event, when making a case against the indivisibility of Sinitic, it is not necessary to rebut each of these "common" features individually, since they are largely or wholly extralinguistic. Language Log
