English dictionary
case
nounAudio pronunciation
Parts of speech
Definitions
noun
- a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy
noun
- a portable container for carrying several objects
noun
- a glass container used to store and display items in a shop or museum or home
noun
- bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow
noun
- (printing) the receptacle in which a compositor has their type, which is divided into compartments for the different letters, spaces, or numbers
noun
- the enclosing frame around a door or window opening
noun
- the housing or outer covering of something
noun
- an enveloping structure or covering enclosing an animal or plant organ or part
noun
- the actual state of things
noun
- nouns or pronouns or adjectives (often marked by inflection) related in some way to other words in a sentence
noun
- a statement of facts and reasons used to support an argument
noun
- a problem requiring investigation
noun
- a specific size and style of type within a type family
noun
- an occurrence of something
noun
- a person requiring professional services
noun
- a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities)
noun
- a person who is subjected to experimental or other observational procedures; someone who is an object of investigation
noun
- the quantity contained in a case
noun
- a special set of circumstances
noun
- a specific state of mind that is temporary
verb
- enclose in, or as if in, a case
verb
- look over, usually with the intention to rob
Example sentences
the family brought suit against the landlord
the musicians left their instrument cases backstage
the burglar carried his loot in a pillowcase
for English, a compositor will ordinarily have two such cases, the upper case containing the capitals and the lower case containing the small letters
the casings had rotted away and had to be replaced
the clock has a walnut case
that was not the case
he stated his case clearly
Perry Mason solved the case of the missing heir
it was a case of bad judgment
another instance occurred yesterday
but there is always the famous example of the Smiths
a typical case was the suburban housewife described by a marriage counselor
a real character
a strange character
a friendly eccentric
the capable type
a mental case
the subjects for this investigation were selected randomly
the cases that we studied were drawn from two different communities
in that event, the first possibility is excluded
it may rain in which case the picnic will be canceled
a case of the jitters
my feet were encased in mud
The men cased the house