case
Definition of
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"
a
special
set
of
circumstances
;
"
in
that
event
, the
first
possibility
is excluded"
;
"
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
family
brought
suit
against the
landlord
"
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 subjects for this
investigation
were
selected
randomly
"
;
"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
real
character
"
;
"
a
strange
character
"
;
"
a
friendly
eccentric
"
;
"the
capable
type
"
;
"
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
;
"the casings had
rotted
away
and had to
be
replaced"
(
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
"
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