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Meaning of case
1 definition found From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: case n 1: an occurrence of something; "it was a case of bad judgment"; "another instance occurred yesterday"; "but there is always the famous example of the Smiths" [syn: {case}, {instance}, {example}] 2: a special set of circumstances; "in that event, the first possibility is excluded"; "it may rain in which case the picnic will be canceled" [syn: {event}, {case}] 3: 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" [syn: {lawsuit}, {suit}, {case}, {cause}, {causa}] 4: the actual state of things; "that was not the case" 5: a portable container for carrying several objects; "the musicians left their instrument cases backstage" 6: a person requiring professional services; "a typical case was the suburban housewife described by a marriage counselor" 7: 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" [syn: {subject}, {case}, {guinea pig}] 8: a problem requiring investigation; "Perry Mason solved the case of the missing heir" 9: a statement of facts and reasons used to support an argument; "he stated his case clearly" 10: the quantity contained in a case [syn: {case}, {caseful}] 11: nouns or pronouns or adjectives (often marked by inflection) related in some way to other words in a sentence [syn: {case}, {grammatical case}] 12: a specific state of mind that is temporary; "a case of the jitters" 13: a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities); "a real character"; "a strange character"; "a friendly eccentric"; "the capable type"; "a mental case" [syn: {character}, {eccentric}, {type}, {case}] 14: a specific size and style of type within a type family [syn: {font}, {fount}, {typeface}, {face}, {case}] 15: an enveloping structure or covering enclosing an animal or plant organ or part [syn: {sheath}, {case}] 16: the housing or outer covering of something; "the clock has a walnut case" [syn: {shell}, {case}, {casing}] 17: the enclosing frame around a door or window opening; "the casings had rotted away and had to be replaced" [syn: {casing}, {case}] 18: (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" [syn: {case}, {compositor's case}, {typesetter's case}] 19: bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow; "the burglar carried his loot in a pillowcase" [syn: {case}, {pillowcase}, {slip}, {pillow slip}] 20: a glass container used to store and display items in a shop or museum or home [syn: {case}, {display case}, {showcase}, {vitrine}] v 1: look over, usually with the intention to rob; "They men cased the housed" 2: enclose in, or as if in, a case; "my feet were encased in mud" [syn: {encase}, {incase}, {case}]
Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.
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