case


case - noun

  • an occurrence of something
  • a special set of circumstances
  • a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy
  • the actual state of things
  • a portable container for carrying several objects
  • a person requiring professional services
  • a person who is subjected to experimental or other observational procedures; someone who is an object of investigation
  • a problem requiring investigation
  • a statement of facts and reasons used to support an argument
  • 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 person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities)
  • 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 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
  • bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow
  • a glass container used to store and display items in a shop or museum or home

    • case - verb

    • look over, usually with the intention to rob
    • enclose in, or as if in, a case

    case - thesaurus

    caseful   casing   causa   cause   character   eccentric   encase   event   example   face   font   fount   incase   instance   lawsuit   pillowcase   sheath   shell   showcase   slip   subject   suit   type   typeface   vitrine  

    Scrabble score for case

    c is 3 a is 1 s is 1 e is 1
    Scrabble score = 6

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