case
Meanings
noun
- An actual event, situation, or fact.
- A given condition or state.
- A specific matter or piece of work, specifically defined within a profession, usually in respect of a specific person and/or event; the set of tasks involved in addressing one such matter.
- An instance or event as a topic of study.
- A legal proceeding; a lawsuit or prosecution.
- A specific inflection of a word (particularly a noun, pronoun, or adjective) depending on its function in the sentence.
- Grammatical cases and their meanings taken either as a topic in general or within a specific language.
- An instance of a specific condition or set of symptoms.
- A section of code representing one of the actions of a conditional switch.
- A love affair.
verb
- To propose hypothetical cases.
noun
- A box that contains or can contain a number of identical items of manufacture.
- A box, sheath, or covering generally.
- A piece of luggage that can be used to transport an apparatus such as a sewing machine.
- An enclosing frame or casing.
- A suitcase.
- A piece of furniture, constructed partially of transparent glass or plastic, within which items can be displayed.
- The outer covering or framework of a piece of apparatus such as a computer.
- A shallow tray divided into compartments or "boxes" for holding type, traditionally arranged in sets of two, the "upper case" (containing capitals, small capitals, accented) and "lower case" (small letters, figures, punctuation marks, quadrats, and spaces).
- The nature of a piece of alphabetic type, whether a “capital” (upper case) or “small” (lower case) letter.
- Four of a kind.
- A unit of liquid measure used to measure sales in the beverage industry, equivalent to 192 fluid ounces.
- A small fissure which admits water into the workings.
adj
- The last remaining card of a particular rank.
verb
- To place (an item or items of manufacture) into a box, as in preparation for shipment.
- To cover or protect with, or as if with, a case; to enclose.
- To survey (a building or other location) surreptitiously, as in preparation for a robbery.
noun
- computer-aided software engineering.
- coatings, adhesives, sealants and elastomers.
noun
- abstract feature of a noun phrase that determines its function in a sentence, such as a grammatical case and a position.
name
- A surname.
- A place name:
- A township in Presque Isle County, Michigan, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Laclede County, Missouri, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Warren County, Missouri.
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Etymology
From Middle English cas, from Old French cas (“an event”), from Latin cāsus (“a falling, a fall; accident, event, occurrence; occasion, opportunity; noun case”), perfect passive participle of cadō (“to fall, to drop”).
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