case

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See also casé, cåse, and cåsĕ

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From Middle English cas, from Old English cas, casus (“noun case”), from Old French cas (“an event”), from Latin casus (“a falling, a fall; accident, event, occurrence; occasion, opportunity; noun case”), perfect passive participle of cado (“to fall, to drop”), from Proto-Indo-European *kad- (“to fall”).

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case (plural cases)

  1. An actual event, situation, or fact.
    For a change, in this case, he was telling the truth.
    It is not the case that every unfamiliar phrase is an idiom.
    In case of fire, break glass. [sign on fire extinguisher holder in public space]
  2. A piece of work, specifically defined within a profession.
    It was one of the detective's easiest cases.
    Social workers should work on a maximum of forty active cases.
    The doctor told us of an interesting case he had treated that morning.
  3. (law) A legal proceeding, lawsuit.
  4. (grammar) A specific inflection of a word depending on its function in the sentence.
    The accusative case canonically indicates a direct object.
    Latin has six cases, and remnants of a seventh.
  5. (grammar, uncountable) Grammatical cases and their meanings taken either as a topic in general or within a specific language.
    Jane has been studying case in Caucasian languages.
    Latin is a language that employs case.
  6. (medicine) An instance of a specific condition or set of symptoms.
    There were another five cases reported overnight.
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legal proceeding
one of several similar instances or events which are being studied and compared
instance of grammatical case
set of grammatical cases or their meanings in a particular language collectively

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[edit] Etymology 2

From Middle English cas, from Old Northern French casse, Old French chasse (“box, chest, case”), from Latin capsa (“box, bookcase”), from capio (“to take, seize, hold”).

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case (plural cases)

  1. A box that contains or can contain a number of identical items of manufacture.
  2. A piece of luggage that can be used to transport an apparatus such as a sewing machine.
  3. A suitcase.
  4. A piece of furniture, constructed partially of transparent glass or plastic, within which items can be displayed.
  5. The outer covering or framework of a piece of apparatus such as a computer.
  6. (typography) The nature of a piece of alphabetic type, whether a “capital” (upper case) or “small” (lower case) letter.
  7. (poker slang) Four of a kind.
  8. (US) A unit of liquid measure used to measure sales in the beverage industry equivalent to 192 fluid ounces.
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Terms derived from case (noun, etymology 2)
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a box containing a number of identical items of manufacture
piece of luggage that can be used to transport an apparatus
suitcase
piece of furniture, constructed partially of transparent glass or plastic
outer covering or framework of a piece of apparatus
typography: the nature of a piece of alphabetic type
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case (not comparable)

  1. (poker slang) The last remaining card of a particular rank
    He drew the case eight!
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case (third-person singular simple present cases, present participle casing, simple past and past participle cased)

  1. (transitive) To place (an item or items of manufacture) into a box, as in preparation for shipment.
  2. (transitive, informal) To survey (a building or other location) surreptitiously, as in preparation for a robbery.
    • 1977, Michael Innes, The Gay Phoenix, ISBN 9780396074427, p. 116:
      You are in the grounds of Brockholes Abbey, a house into which a great deal of valuable property has just been moved. And your job is to case the joint for a break in.
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To place (an item or items of manufacture) into a box
To survey (a building or other location) surreptitiously

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Borrowed from Latin casa; in some later senses borrowed via Spanish casa.

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case f. (plural cases)

  1. hut, cabin, shack
  2. box (on form)
  3. square (on boardgame)

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case f. pl.

  1. Plural form of casa.

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case

  1. First-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of verb casar.
  2. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você?) present subjunctive of verb casar.
  3. Third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of verb casar.
  4. Third-person singular (você) negative imperative of verb casar.

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case f. pl.

  1. Plural form of casă.

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case (infinitive casar)

  1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of casar.
  2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of casar.
  3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of casar.
  4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of casar.

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case f.

  1. Plural form of casa.
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