1. (noun)case, instance, example 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"
2. (noun)event, case a special set of circumstances "in that event, the first possibility is excluded"; "it may rain in which case the picnic will be canceled"
4. (noun)case the actual state of things "that was not the case"
5. (noun)case a portablecontainer for carrying several objects
"the musicians left their instrument cases backstage"
6. (noun)case a person requiring professionalservices "a typical case was the suburban housewife described by a marriage counselor"
7. (noun)subject, case, guinea pig 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"
8. (noun)case a problem requiring investigation "Perry Mason solved the case of the missing heir"
9. (noun)case a statement of facts and reasons used to support an argument "he stated his case clearly"
10. (noun)case, caseful the quantity contained in a case
11. (noun)case, grammatical case nouns or pronouns or adjectives (often marked by inflection) related in some way to other words in a sentence
13. (noun)character, eccentric, type, case 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"
16. (noun)shell, case, casing the housing or outer covering of something
"the clock has a walnut case"
17. (noun)casing, case the enclosingframe around a door or windowopening "the casings had rotted away and had to be replaced"
18. (noun)case, compositor's case, typesetter's case (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"
19. (noun)case, pillowcase, slip, pillow slip bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow "the burglar carried his loot in a pillowcase"
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