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noun, Printing.
1.
See under case2 (def 8).
noun
1.
an often small or portable container for enclosing something, as for carrying or safekeeping; receptacle:
a jewel case.
2.
a sheath or outer covering:
a knife case.
3.
a box with its contents:
a case of ginger ale.
4.
the amount contained in a box or other container:
There are a dozen bottles to a case.
5.
a pair or couple; brace:
a case of pistols.
6.
a surrounding frame or framework, as of a door.
7.
Bookbinding. a completed book cover ready to be fitted to form the binding of a book.
8.
Printing. a tray of wood, metal, or plastic, divided into compartments for holding types for the use of a compositor and usually arranged in a set of two, the upper (upper case) for capital letters and often auxiliary types, the lower (lower case) for small letters and often auxiliary types, now generally replaced by the California job case.
Compare news case.
9.
a cavity in the skull of a sperm whale, containing an oil from which spermaceti is obtained.
10.
Also called case card. Cards. the last card of a suit or denomination that remains after the other cards have been played:
a case heart; the case jack.
11.
Faro. casebox.
12.
Southeastern U.S. (chiefly South Carolina) . a coin of a particular denomination, as opposed to the same amount in change:
a case quarter.
13.
Metallurgy. the hard outer part of a piece of casehardened steel.
verb (used with object), cased, casing.
14.
to put or enclose in a case; cover with a case.
15.
Slang. to examine or survey (a house, bank, etc.) in planning a crime (sometimes followed by out):
They cased the joint and decided to pull the job on Sunday.
16.
to fuse a layer of glass onto (glass of a contrasting color or of different properties).
17.
to cover (a surface of a wall, well, shaft, etc.) with a facing or lining; revet.
18.
Bookbinding. to bind (a book) in a case.
19.
Cards Slang.

to arrange (cards or a pack of cards) in a dishonest manner.
to remember the quantity, suit, or denomination of (the cards played).

noun
1.
the top half of a compositor’s type case in which capital letters, reference marks, and accents are kept
adjective (upper-case when prenominal)
2.
of or relating to capital letters kept in this case and used in the setting or production of printed or typed matter
verb
3.
(transitive) to print with upper-case letters; capitalize
noun
1.
a single instance, occurrence, or example of something
2.
an instance of disease, injury, hardship, etc
3.
a question or matter for discussion: the case before the committee
4.
a specific condition or state of affairs; situation
5.
a set of arguments supporting a particular action, cause, etc
6.

a person attended or served by a doctor, social worker, solicitor, etc; patient or client
(as modifier): a case study

7.

an action or suit at law or something that forms sufficient grounds for bringing an action: he has a good case
the evidence offered in court to support a claim

8.
(grammar)

a set of grammatical categories of nouns, pronouns, and adjectives, marked by inflection in some languages, indicating the relation of the noun, adjective, or pronoun to other words in the sentence
any one of these categories: the nominative case

9.
(informal) a person in or regarded as being in a specified condition: the accident victim was a hospital case, he’s a mental case
10.
(informal) a person of a specified character (esp in the phrase a hard case)
11.
(informal) an odd person; eccentric
12.
(US, informal) love or infatuation
13.
short for case shot See canister (sense 2b)
14.
as the case may be, according to the circumstances
15.
(adverb) in any case, no matter what; anyhow: we will go in any case
16.
(adverb) in case

in order to allow for eventualities
(as conjunction) in order to allow for the possibility that: take your coat in case it rains
(US) if

17.
(preposition) in case of, in the event of
18.
(adverb) in no case, under no circumstances: in no case should you fight back
noun
1.

a container, such as a box or chest
(in combination): suitcase, briefcase

2.
an outer cover or sheath, esp for a watch
3.
a receptacle and its contents: a case of ammunition
4.
a pair or brace, esp of pistols
5.
(architect) another word for casing (sense 3)
6.
a completed cover ready to be fastened to a book to form its binding
7.
(printing) a tray divided into many compartments in which a compositor keeps individual metal types of a particular size and style. Cases were originally used in pairs, one (the upper case) for capitals, the other (the lower case) for small letters See also upper case, lower case
8.
(metallurgy) the surface of a piece of steel that has been case-hardened
verb (transitive)
9.
to put into or cover with a case: to case the machinery
10.
(slang) to inspect carefully (esp a place to be robbed)

case (kās)
n.
An occurrence of a disease or disorder.

case definition

A grammatical category indicating whether nouns and pronouns are functioning as the subject of a sentence (nominative case) or the object of a sentence (objective case), or are indicating possession (possessive case). He is in the nominative case, him is in the objective case, and his is in the possessive case. In a language such as English, nouns do not change their form in the nominative or objective case. Only pronouns do. Thus, ball stays the same in both “the ball is thrown,” where it is the subject, and in “Harry threw the ball,” where it is the object.
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