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case
English
- 🔊 a portable container for carrying several objects“the musicians left their instrument cases backstage”
- 🔊 a glass container used to store and display items in a shop or museum or home
- 🔊 bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow“the burglar carried his loot in a pillowcase”
- 🔊 (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”
- 🔊 the actual state of things“that was not the case”
- 🔊 nouns or pronouns or adjectives (often marked by inflection) related in some way to other words in a sentence
- 🔊 a statement of facts and reasons used to support an argument“he stated his case clearly”
- 🔊 a problem requiring investigation“Perry Mason solved the case of the missing heir”
- 🔊 an occurrence of something“it was a case of bad judgment”
- 🔊 a person requiring professional services“a typical case was the suburban housewife described by a marriage counselor”
- 🔊 the quantity contained in a case
- 🔊 a specific state of mind that is temporary“a case of the jitters”
- 🔊 the enclosing frame around a door or window opening“the casings had rotted away and had to be replaced”
- 🔊 the housing or outer covering of something“the clock has a walnut case”
- 🔊 an enveloping structure or covering enclosing an animal or plant organ or part
- 🔊 a person who is subjected to experimental or other observational procedures“the subjects for this investigation were selected randomly”
- 🔊 a special set of circumstances“in that event, the first possibility is excluded”
- 🔊 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”
- 🔊 a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities)“a real character”
- 🔊 a specific size and style of type within a type family
- 🔊 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”
Spanish
- 🔊 caja case
- 🔊 caso case
- 🔊 expediente case, file
- 🔊 envoltura case, sheath
- 🔊 vaina case, casing
- 🔊 valija case, suitcase
- 🔊 estuche case, pencil case, pencil box