CASE
\kˈe͡ɪs], \kˈeɪs], \k_ˈeɪ_s]\
Definitions of CASE
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 2010 - Legal Glossary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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(law) 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"
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bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow; "the burglar carried his loot in a pillowcase"
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the actual state of things; "that was not the case"
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nouns or pronouns or adjectives (often marked by inflection) related in some way to other words in a sentence
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a problem requiring investigation; "Perry Mason solved the case of the missing heir"
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a person requiring professional services; "a typical case was the suburban housewife described by a marriage counselor"
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bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow; "the burglar carried his loot in a pillowcase"
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the actual state of things; "that was not the case"
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nouns or pronouns or adjectives (often marked by inflection) related in some way to other words in a sentence
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a problem requiring investigation; "Perry Mason solved the case of the missing heir"
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a person requiring professional services; "a typical case was the suburban housewife described by a marriage counselor"
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a statement of facts and reasons used to support an argument; "he stated his case clearly"
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a specific state of mind that is temporary; "a case of the jitters"
By Princeton University
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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.
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A box and its contents; the quantity contained in a box; as, a case of goods; a case of instruments.
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An inclosing frame; a casing; as, a door case; a window case.
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A small fissure which admits water to the workings.
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To cover or protect with, or as with, a case; to inclose.
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To strip the skin from; as, to case a box.
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Chance; accident; hap; opportunity.
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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.
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A patient under treatment; an instance of sickness or injury; as, ten cases of fever; also, the history of a disease or injury.
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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.
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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.
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To propose hypothetical cases.
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A shallow tray divided into compartments or boxes for holding type.
By Oddity Software
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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.
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A box and its contents; the quantity contained in a box; as, a case of goods; a case of instruments.
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An inclosing frame; a casing; as, a door case; a window case.
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A small fissure which admits water to the workings.
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To cover or protect with, or as with, a case; to inclose.
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To strip the skin from; as, to case a box.
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Chance; accident; hap; opportunity.
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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.
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A patient under treatment; an instance of sickness or injury; as, ten cases of fever; also, the history of a disease or injury.
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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.
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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.
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To propose hypothetical cases.
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A shallow tray divided into compartments or boxes for holding type.
By Noah Webster.
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A term that most often refers to a lawsuit -- for example, "I filed my small claims case." "Case" also refers to a written decision by a judge -- or for an appellate case, a panel of judges. For example, the U.S. Supreme Court's decision legalizing abortion is commonly referred to as the Roe v. Wade case. Finally, the term also describes the evidence a party submits in support of her position -- for example, "I have made my case" or "'My case-in-chief' has been completed."
By Oddity Software
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A covering or container; a box with its contents; in carpentry, a frame or casing; accompanying circumstances; as, since that is the case, I shall let the matter drop; a certain form or instance of disease; a suit or action at law; one of the forms or inflections in the declension of a noun, pronoun, or adjective showing its relation to other words; as, the nominative case.
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To cover with, or inclose in, a case.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A covering box or sheath.
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To put in a case or box.
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That which falls or happens: event: particular state or condition: subject of question or inquiry: statement of facts: (gram.) the inflection of nouns, etc.
By Daniel Lyons
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An event; state or condition; statement; issue at law; inflection of nouns, &c.
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To cover with, or put in, a case.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To cover with a case; incase.
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The state of things; condition; situation; instance; event; contingency; in law, a cause of action; a suit.
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The relation of a noun, pronoun, or adjective to other words.
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A covering in which something may be kept; quantity or number so contained; a set; a tray for holding type.
By James Champlin Fernald
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This name is given to boxes for the preservation of instruments, or of medicines necessary in hospital or other service. We say, e. g.-A case of amputating, or of trepanning instruments. A pocket case, Armamenta'rium portab'ile, (F.) Trousse, contains the smaller instruments in constant use with the surgeon.
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The condition of a patient ;-as a case of fever, &c. Observation. Also, the history of a disease.
By Robley Dunglison
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An individual having a disease.
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A box, chest, covering, receptacle.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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n. [Latin] A covering, box, or sheath; that which incloses or contains;—a box and its contents; the quantity contained in a box;—a frame containing boxed for holding type.
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n. [Latin] An event, occurrence, or circumstance;—that which happens or befalls;—a state or condition of things or persons;—a question of facts or principles requiring solution or decision;—a cause or suit to be tried in court;—an inflection or terminal change in a noun.
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A covering, a box, a sheath; the outer part of a house; a building unfurnished.
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Condition with regard to outward circumstances; state of things; in physick, state of the body; condition with regard to leanness, or health; contingence; question relating to particular persons or things; representation of any question or state of body, mind, or affairs; the variation of nouns; In case, if it should happen.
By Thomas Sheridan
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