Case

Noun

 * 1) An actual event, situation, or fact.
 * 2) A piece of work, specifically defined within a profession.
 * 3)  A legal proceeding, lawsuit.
 * 4)  A specific inflection of a word depending on its function in the sentence.
 * 5)  Grammatical cases and their meanings taken either as a topic in general or within a specific language.
 * 6)  An instance of a specific condition or set of symptoms.
 * 7) A box that contains or can contain a number of identical items of manufacture.
 * 8) A piece of luggage that can be used to transport an apparatus such as a sewing machine.
 * 9) A suitcase.
 * 10) A piece of furniture, constructed partially of transparent glass or plastic, within which items can be displayed.
 * 11) The outer covering or framework of a piece of apparatus such as a computer.
 * 12)  The nature of a piece of alphabetic type, whether a “capital” (upper case) or “small” (lower case) letter.
 * 13)  Four of a kind.
 * 14) 🇺🇸 A unit of liquid measure used to measure sales in the beverage industry equivalent to 192 fluid ounces.

Adjective

 * 1)  The last remaining card of a particular rank

Verb

 * 1)  To place (an item or items of manufacture) into a box, as in preparation for shipment.
 * 2)  To survey (a building or other location) surreptitiously, as in preparation for a robbery.

Adjectives for Case

 * (box) huge; packing; worn; oblong; odd-shaped; platinum; ponderous; concrete; jeweled; venerable-looking; tarnished.
 * (legal term) arguable; trying; contested; noted; curious; pending; simple; celebrated; criminal; collateral; disputed; brilliant; trivial; hopeless; analogous; unaccountable; hardened; pathetic; exceptional; idiopathic; inexplicable; celebrated; pressing.
 * (medical term) virulent; incurable; chronic; grave; critical; abnormal; dangerous; surgical.
 * (situation) unforeseen; aggravated deceptive; illustrative; lamentable; specific evident; authentic; perplexing; superfluous blessed; parallel; handsome; falsified; battle-scarred; imaginary; unrecognized; well-prepared; remarkable; mournful; special pitiful; innumerable (pi) ; suppositious sporadic; selective  (pi) ; extraordinary meritorious; multifarious (plural); flattering; excellent; exceptional; important striking; clear; conspicuous; rare; factual difficult; intricate; severe; complicated overwhelming; diverse; notable; eminent necessitous; simplified; weird; inevitable outrageous; analagous; stubborn; notorious absurd; inevitable; insoluble; unpardonable convincing; speculative; twisted; discussed common; definite; desperate; recent; important; laughable; isolated; sole; parlous pathetic; extreme;

Verbs for Case

 * (box) buckle on—; ease—; frame in—; loose—; peel off—; strap on—; strip off—; unclasp —; —covers; —protects; —shields.
 * (legal term) advise upon—; assign to—; bring—to trial; clinch—; conduct—; confer on—; contend with—; dispose of—; expedite—; fashion—; frame—; handle—; injure—; judge—; peruse—; plead—; prejudice—; present—; prove—; recount—; rest—; reverse—; review—; support—; sway—; testify in—; try —; unravel—; —hangs fire; —proves.
 * (medical term) cure—; diagnose—; encounter—; improve—; isolate—; protract—; relieve—; remedy—; succumb to—; treat—; —occurs; —rerovers; —yields.

Synonyms for Case
instance, contingency, occurrence, situation, event, example, circumstance, subject, condition.

Derived terms

 * camel case
 * casing (noun)
 * case harden


 * letter case
 * lower case
 * packing case


 * sentence case
 * title case
 * upper case
 * hard case

Thesaurus
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