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Definitions of case
  1. noun
    a specific size and style of type within a type family

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  2. noun
    an enveloping structure or covering enclosing an animal or plant organ or part

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  3. noun
    the enclosing frame around a door or window opening

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  4. noun
    a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities)
    "a mental case"

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  5. noun
    (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"
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  6. noun
    the quantity contained in a case

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  7. noun
    the housing or outer covering of something
    "the clock has a walnut case"

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  8. noun
    bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow
    "the burglar carried his loot in a pillowcase"
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  9. noun
    a special set of circumstances
    "it may rain in which case the picnic will be canceled"

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  10. noun
    an occurrence of something
    "it was a case of bad judgment"

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  11. verb
    enclose in, or as if in, a case
    "my feet were encased in mud"

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  12. noun
    nouns or pronouns or adjectives (often marked by inflection) related in some way to other words in a sentence

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  13. noun
    a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy

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  14. noun
    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"

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  15. noun
    a glass container used to store and display items in a shop or museum or home
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  16. noun
    a person requiring professional services
    "a typical case was the suburban housewife described by a marriage counselor"
  17. noun
    a portable container for carrying several objects
    "the musicians left their instrument cases backstage"
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  18. noun
    a problem requiring investigation
    "Perry Mason solved the case of the missing heir"
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  19. noun
    a specific state of mind that is temporary
    "a case of the jitters"
  20. noun
    a statement of facts and reasons used to support an argument
    "he stated his case clearly"
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  21. verb
    look over, usually with the intention to rob
    "They men cased the housed"
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  22. noun
    the actual state of things
    "that was not the case"
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