cases

Meaning of cases

plural noun
  1. an instance of a particular situation; an example of something occurring.
    a case of mistaken identity
    in many cases farmers do have a deep feeling for their land
  2. an instance of a disease, injury, or problem.
    200,000 cases of hepatitis B
  3. a legal action, especially one to be decided in a court of law.
    a libel case
    a former employee brought the case against the council
  4. any of the forms of a noun, adjective, or pronoun that express the semantic relation of the word to other words in the sentence.
    the accusative case

Middle English: from Old French cas, from Latin casus ‘fall’, related to cadere ‘to fall’; in case1 (sense 4) directly from Latin, translating Greek ptōsis, literally ‘fall’.

plural noun
  1. a container designed to hold or protect something.
    a silver cigarette case
  2. each of the two forms, capital or minuscule, in which a letter of the alphabet may be written or printed.
verb, 3rd person present
  1. surround in a material or substance.
    the towers are of steel cased in granite
  2. reconnoitre (a place) before carrying out a robbery.
    I was casing the joint

late Middle English: from Old French casse, chasse (modern caisse ‘trunk, chest’, châsse ‘reliquary, frame’), from Latin capsa, related to capere ‘to hold’.

Information about cases

Hyphenation of cases

cases

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
  • cases is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

cases synonyms

Meaning an example or single occurrence of something:

instance

Meaning an incident or event:

occurrence

Meaning a particular event, or the time at which it takes place:

occasion

Meaning an event, action, or object that clearly shows or embodies something abstract or theoretical:

manifestation

Meaning an act of showing that something exists or is true by giving proof or evidence:

demonstration

Meaning a public display of works of art or items of interest, held in an art gallery or museum or at a trade fair:

exhibition

Meaning a comprehensive description and explanation of an idea or theory:

exposition

Meaning the action of making known one's thoughts or feelings:

expression

Meaning a thing characteristic of its kind or illustrating a general rule:

example

Meaning a picture illustrating a book, newspaper, etc:

illustration

Meaning an individual animal, plant, piece of a mineral, etc. used as an example of its species or type for scientific study or display:

specimen

Meaning a small part or quantity intended to show what the whole is like:

sample

Meaning a category of people or things having common characteristics:

type

Meaning a first or preliminary version of a device or vehicle from which other forms are developed:

prototype

Meaning a person receiving or registered to receive medical treatment:

patient

Meaning a person made weak or disabled by illness or injury:

invalid

Meaning a person who is affected by an illness or ailment:

sufferer

Meaning a person harmed, injured, or killed as a result of a crime, accident, or other event or action:

victim

Meaning a person or organization using the services of a lawyer or other professional person or company:

client

Meaning a claim or dispute brought to a law court for adjudication:

lawsuit

Meaning legal proceedings; a lawsuit:

action

Meaning a lawsuit:

suit

Meaning an individual's case offered at law:

cause

Meaning a formal examination of evidence by a judge, typically before a jury, in order to decide guilt in a case of criminal or civil proceedings:

trial

Meaning action taken in a court to settle a dispute:

proceedings

Meaning the process of taking legal action:

litigation

Meaning a formal charge or accusation of a serious crime:

indictment

Meaning a change in the form of a word (typically the ending) to express a grammatical function or attribute such as tense, mood, person, number, case, and gender:

inflection

Meaning the visible shape or configuration of something:

form

Meaning an end or final part of something:

ending

Meaning the study of the forms of things:

morphology

Meaning an object for holding or transporting something:

container

Meaning a container with a flat base and sides, typically square or rectangular and having a lid:

box

Meaning a round or cylindrical container used for storing such things as food, chemicals, or rolls of film:

canister

Meaning a sealed plastic unit containing a length of audio tape, videotape, film, etc. wound on a pair of spools, for insertion into a recorder, playback device, or other machine:

cassette

Meaning a container holding a spool of photographic film, a quantity of ink, etc., designed for insertion into a mechanism:

cartridge

Meaning a hollow object used to contain something:

receptacle

Meaning a device or implement for holding something:

holder

Meaning a hollow container, especially one used to hold liquid, such as a bowl or cask:

vessel

Meaning a place where or receptacle in which things are or may be stored:

repository

Meaning a cupboard with shelves or drawers for storing or displaying articles:

cabinet

Meaning a recess or piece of furniture with a door and typically shelves, used for storage:

cupboard

Meaning a low cupboard either used as a sideboard or with a raised bookshelf on top:

chiffonier

Meaning a writing desk with drawers and typically an angled top opening downwards to form a writing surface:

bureau

Meaning a flat-topped piece of furniture with cupboards and drawers, used for storing crockery, glasses, and table linen:

sideboard

Meaning put something on top of or in front of (something), especially in order to protect or conceal it:

cover

Meaning be all round (someone or something):

surround

Meaning provide with a layer or covering of something:

coat

Meaning enclose or cover in a case or close-fitting surround:

encase

Meaning put (a weapon such as a knife or sword) into a sheath:

sheathe

Meaning cover or enclose in paper or soft material:

wrap

Meaning wrap up, cover, or surround completely:

envelop

Meaning look at (someone or something) closely, typically to assess their condition or to discover any shortcomings:

inspect

Meaning carry out a systematic or formal inquiry to discover and examine the facts of (an incident, allegation, etc.) so as to establish the truth:

investigate

Meaning inspect (someone or something) thoroughly in order to determine their nature or condition:

examine

Meaning examine or inspect closely and thoroughly:

scrutinize

Meaning look closely at or examine (someone or something):

survey

Meaning explore or examine (a place or area of business) so as to gather information about it:

scout

Meaning travel through (an unfamiliar area) in order to learn about it:

explore

Meaning another term for reconnoitre:

recce

Anagrams of cases

casse, scase

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