Australian English Meaning of case
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Definitions and Meaning of case in English
case (n)
an occurrence of something
a special set of circumstances
a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy
the actual state of things
a portable container for carrying several objects
a person requiring professional services
a person who is subjected to experimental or other observational procedures; someone who is an object of investigation
a problem requiring investigation
a statement of facts and reasons used to support an argument
the quantity contained in a case
nouns or pronouns or adjectives (often marked by inflection) related in some way to other words in a sentence
a specific state of mind that is temporary
a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities)
a specific size and style of type within a type family
an enveloping structure or covering enclosing an animal or plant organ or part
the housing or outer covering of something
the enclosing frame around a door or window opening
(printing) the receptacle in which a compositor has his type, which is divided into compartments for the different letters, spaces, or numbers
bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow
a glass container used to store and display items in a shop or museum or home
case (v)
look over, usually with the intention to rob
enclose in, or as if in, a case
case (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.
A box and its contents; the quantity contained in a box; as, a case of goods; a case of instruments.
A shallow tray divided into compartments or boxes for holding type.
An inclosing frame; a casing; as, a door case; a window case.
A small fissure which admits water to the workings.
Chance; accident; hap; opportunity.
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.
A patient under treatment; an instance of sickness or injury; as, ten cases of fever; also, the history of a disease or injury.
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.
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.
case (v. t.)
To cover or protect with, or as with, a case; to inclose.
To strip the skin from; as, to case a box.
case (v. i.)
To propose hypothetical cases.
FAQs About the word case
case
an occurrence of something, a special set of circumstances, a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy
Casing,cover,covering,housing,scabbard,shell,Armour,capsule,cartridge,coating
fantasy,fiction,illusion,possibility,probability,Fantasy,eventuality,potentiality
cascaron => Shell, cascarillin => Cascarillin, cascarilla bark => Cascarilla bark, cascarilla => Cascarilla, cascara sagrada => Cascara sagrada,
