French Meaning of case

cas

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Definitions and Meaning of case in English

Wordnet

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

Wordnet

case (v)

look over, usually with the intention to rob

enclose in, or as if in, a case

Webster

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.

Webster

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.

Webster

case (v. i.)

To propose hypothetical cases.

FAQs About the word case

cas

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

Boîtier,couverture,couverture,logement,gaine,coquille,Armure,capsule,cartouche,revêtement

fantaisie,fiction,illusion,possibilité,probabilité,Fantasme,éventualité,potentialité

cascaron => Coquille, cascarillin => Cascarilline, cascarilla bark => Écorce de cascarille, cascarilla => Cascarille, cascara sagrada => Cascara sagrada,