case - 23 definitions |
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| 1. | case -- 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" |
| synonyms: instance, example |
| Source:WordNet 3.0 |
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| 2. | event -- a special set of circumstances; "in that event, the first possibility is excluded"; "it may rain in which case the picnic will be canceled" |
| synonyms: event |
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| 3. | lawsuit -- 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" |
| synonyms: lawsuit, suit, cause, causa |
| Source:WordNet 3.0 |
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| 4. | case -- the actual state of things; "that was not the case" |
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| 5. | case -- a portable container for carrying several objects; "the musicians left their instrument cases backstage" |
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| 6. | case -- a person requiring professional services; "a typical case was the suburban housewife described by a marriage counselor" |
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| 7. | subject -- 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" |
| synonyms: subject, guinea pig |
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| 8. | case -- a problem requiring investigation; "Perry Mason solved the case of the missing heir" |
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| 9. | case -- a statement of facts and reasons used to support an argument; "he stated his case clearly" |
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| 10. | case -- the quantity contained in a case |
| synonyms: caseful |
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| 11. | case -- nouns or pronouns or adjectives (often marked by inflection) related in some way to other words in a sentence |
| synonyms: grammatical case |
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| 12. | case -- a specific state of mind that is temporary; "a case of the jitters" |
| Source:WordNet 3.0 |
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| 13. | character -- 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" |
| synonyms: character, eccentric, type |
| Source:WordNet 3.0 |
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| 14. | font -- a specific size and style of type within a type family |
| synonyms: font, fount, typeface, face |
| Source:WordNet 3.0 |
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| 15. | sheath -- an enveloping structure or covering enclosing an animal or plant organ or part |
| synonyms: sheath |
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| 16. | shell -- the housing or outer covering of something; "the clock has a walnut case" |
| synonyms: shell, casing |
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| 17. | casing -- the enclosing frame around a door or window opening; "the casings had rotted away and had to be replaced" |
| synonyms: casing |
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| 18. | case -- (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" |
| synonyms: compositor's case, typesetter's case |
| Source:WordNet 3.0 |
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| 19. | case -- bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow; "the burglar carried his loot in a pillowcase" |
| synonyms: pillowcase, slip, pillow slip |
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| 20. | case -- a glass container used to store and display items in a shop or museum or home |
| synonyms: display case, showcase, vitrine |
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| - verb |
| 21. | case -- look over, usually with the intention to rob; "They men cased the housed" |
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| 22. | encase -- enclose in, or as if in, a case; "my feet were encased in mud" |
| synonyms: encase, incase |
| Source:WordNet 3.0 |
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| 23. | case, cased -- to put in a case |
| synonyms: cased, cases |
| Source:OWL 2 Web Ontology Language |
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