case

Meanings

• an occurrence of something
  • "it was a case of bad judgment"
• a special set of circumstances
  • "it may rain in which case the picnic will be canceled"
• a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy
• the actual state of things
  • "that was not the case"
• a portable container for carrying several objects
  • "the musicians left their instrument cases backstage"
• a person requiring professional services
  • "a typical case was the suburban housewife described by a marriage counselor"
• a person who is subjected to experimental or other observational procedures; someone who is an object of investigation
  • "the cases that we studied were drawn from two different communities"
• a problem requiring investigation
  • "Perry Mason solved the case of the missing heir"
• a statement of facts and reasons used to support an argument
  • "he stated his case clearly"
• the quantity contained in a case
• nouns or pronouns or adjectives (often marked by inflection) related in some way to other words in a sentence
• a specific state of mind that is temporary
  • "a case of the jitters"
• a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities)
  • "a mental case"
• a specific size and style of type within a type family
• an enveloping structure or covering enclosing an animal or plant organ or part
• the housing or outer covering of something
  • "the clock has a walnut case"
• the enclosing frame around a door or window opening
• (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"
• bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow
  • "the burglar carried his loot in a pillowcase"
• a glass container used to store and display items in a shop or museum or home
• look over, usually with the intention to rob
  • "They men cased the housed"
• enclose in, or as if in, a case
  • "my feet were encased in mud"

Synonyms

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