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NGSL Rank: 167
case
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Meanings
noun
  • an instance of a particular situation; an example of something occurring.
    E.g. a case of mistaken identity
  • an instance of a disease, injury, or problem.
    E.g. 200,000 cases of hepatitis B
  • a legal action, especially one to be decided in a court of law.
    E.g. a libel case
  • any of the forms of a noun, adjective, or pronoun that express the semantic relation of the word to other words in the sentence.
    E.g. the accusative case
noun
  • a container designed to hold or protect something.
    E.g. a silver cigarette case
  • each of the two forms, capital or minuscule, in which a letter of the alphabet may be written or printed.
verb
  • surround in a material or substance.
    E.g. the towers are of steel cased in granite
  • reconnoitre (a place) before carrying out a robbery.
    E.g. I was casing the joint

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