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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
- 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.
- 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
- 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.
- So they set up this fund to compensate victims in serious cases of abuse.
- 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.
- In each case the company's contributions are deductible for tax, and income on the investments is free of tax. Principles of Corporate Finance
- So, while the average cup of decaf contains between 6 and 10 milligrams of caffeine per serving, the regulation allows for "decaf" coffee to contain much higher levels of the stimulant, at least 30 milligrams in some cases, according to Undefined
- 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
