What is the meaning of case?

noun

• An occurrence of something.
  • usage: "it was a case of bad judgment"; "another instance occurred yesterday"; "but there is always the famous example of the Smiths"
  • synonyms: instance, example
• A special set of circumstances.
  • usage: "in that event, the first possibility is excluded"; "it may rain in which case the picnic will be canceled"
  • synonyms: event
• A comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy.
  • usage: "the family brought suit against the landlord"
  • synonyms: lawsuit, suit, cause, causa
• The actual state of things.
  • usage: "that was not the case"
• A portable container for carrying several objects.
  • usage: "the musicians left their instrument cases backstage"
• A person requiring professional services.
  • usage: "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.
  • usage: "the subjects for this investigation were selected randomly"; "the cases that we studied were drawn from two different communities"
  • synonyms: subject, guinea pig
• A problem requiring investigation.
  • usage: "Perry Mason solved the case of the missing heir"
• A statement of facts and reasons used to support an argument.
  • usage: "he stated his case clearly"
• The quantity contained in a case.
  • synonyms: caseful
• Nouns or pronouns or adjectives (often marked by inflection) related in some way to other words in a sentence.
  • synonyms: grammatical case
• A specific state of mind that is temporary.
  • usage: "a case of the jitters"
• A person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities. )
  • usage: "a real character"; "a strange character"; "a friendly eccentric"; "the capable type"; "a mental case"
  • synonyms: character, eccentric, type
• A specific size and style of type within a type family.
  • synonyms: font, fount, typeface, face
• An enveloping structure or covering enclosing an animal or plant organ or part.
  • synonyms: sheath
• The housing or outer covering of something.
  • usage: "the clock has a walnut case"
  • synonyms: shell, casing
• The enclosing frame around a door or window opening.
  • usage: "the casings had rotted away and had to be replaced"
  • synonyms: casing
• Printing) the receptacle in which a compositor has his type, which is divided into compartments for the different letters, spaces, or numbers. (
  • usage: "for English, a compositor will ordinarily have two such cases, the upper case containing the capitals and the lower case containing the small letters"
  • synonyms: compositor's case, typesetter's case
• Bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow.
  • usage: "the burglar carried his loot in a pillowcase"
  • synonyms: pillowcase, slip, pillow slip
• A glass container used to store and display items in a shop or museum or home.
  • synonyms: display case, showcase, vitrine

verb

• Look over, usually with the intention to rob.
  • usage: "They men cased the housed"
• Enclose in, or as if in, a case.
  • usage: "my feet were encased in mud"
  • synonyms: encase, incase