| Case | |
| 1. n. (grammar) abstract feature of a noun phrase that determines its function in a sentence, such as a grammatical case and a position. | |
| 2. n. 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 | |
| 3. n. (now rare) A given condition or state. | |
| 4. n. 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. | |
| 5. n. (academia) An instance or event as a topic of study. | |
| The teaching consists of theory lessons and case studies. | |
| 6. n. (legal) A legal proceeding, lawsuit. | |
| 7. n. (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. | |
| 8. n. (grammar) 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. | |
| 9. n. (medicine) An instance of a specific condition or set of symptoms. | |
| There were another five cases reported overnight. | |
| 10. n. (programming) A section of code representing one of the actions of a conditional switch. | |
| 11. v. (obsolete) To propose hypothetical cases. | |
| 12. n. A box that contains or can contain a number of identical items of manufacture. | |
| 13. n. A box, sheath, or covering generally. | |
| a case for spectacles; the case of a watch | |
| 14. n. A piece of luggage that can be used to transport an apparatus such as a sewing machine. | |
| 15. n. An enclosing frame or casing. | |
| a door case; a window case | |
| 16. n. A suitcase. | |
| 17. n. A piece of furniture, constructed partially of transparent glass or plastic, within which items can be displayed. | |
| 18. n. The outer covering or framework of a piece of apparatus such as a computer. | |
| 19. n. (printing, historical) A shallow tray divided into compartments or "boxes" for holding type, traditionally arranged in sets of two, the "upper case" (containing capitals, small capitals, accented) and | |
| 20. n. (typography, by extension) The nature of a piece of alphabetic type, whether a “capital” (upper case) or “small” (lower case) letter. | |
| 21. n. (poker slang) Four of a kind. | |
| 22. n. (US) A unit of liquid measure used to measure sales in the beverage industry, equivalent to 192 fluid ounces. | |
| 23. n. (mining) A small fissure which admits water into the workings. | |
| 24. n. A thin layer of harder metal on the surface of an object whose deeper metal is allowed to remain soft. | |
| 25. adj. (poker slang) The last remaining card of a particular rank. | |
| He drew the case eight! | |
| 26. v. To place (an item or items of manufacture) into a box, as in preparation for shipment. | |
| 27. v. To cover or protect with, or as if with, a case; to enclose. | |
| 28. v. (transitive, informal) To survey (a building or other location) surreptitiously, as in preparation for a robbery. | |
