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Nouns

• (n) 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
  instance, example,
• (n) a special set of circumstances
  • in that event, the first possibility is excluded
  • it may rain in which case the picnic will be canceled
  event,
• (n) 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
  causa, lawsuit, suit, cause,
• (n) the actual state of things
  • that was not the case
• (n) a portable container for carrying several objects
  • the musicians left their instrument cases backstage
• (n) a person requiring professional services
  • a typical case was the suburban housewife described by a marriage counselor
• (n) 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
  guinea pig, subject,
• (n) a problem requiring investigation
  • Perry Mason solved the case of the missing heir
• (n) a statement of facts and reasons used to support an argument
  • he stated his case clearly
• (n) the quantity contained in a case caseful,
• (n) nouns or pronouns or adjectives (often marked by inflection) related in some way to other words in a sentence grammatical case,
• (n) a specific state of mind that is temporary
  • a case of the jitters
• (n) 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
  eccentric, type, character,
• (n) a specific size and style of type within a type family font, fount, typeface, face,
• (n) an enveloping structure or covering enclosing an animal or plant organ or part sheath,
• (n) the housing or outer covering of something
  • the clock has a walnut case
  casing, shell,
• (n) the enclosing frame around a door or window opening
  • the casings had rotted away and had to be replaced
  casing,
• (n) (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
  compositor's case, typesetter's case,
• (n) bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow
  • the burglar carried his loot in a pillowcase
  pillowcase, pillow slip, slip,
• (n) a glass container used to store and display items in a shop or museum or home display case, vitrine, showcase,

Verbs

• (v) look over, usually with the intention to rob
  • They men cased the housed
• (v) enclose in, or as if in, a case
  • my feet were encased in mud
  encase, incase,

Synonyms

instance example encase incase event causa lawsuit suit cause guinea pig subject caseful grammatical case eccentric type character font fount typeface face sheath casing shell compositor's case typesetter's case pillowcase pillow slip slip display case vitrine showcase

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