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Engelsk navneord: case | |||
| 1. | case (om begivenhed) an occurrence of something | ||
| Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | It was a case of bad judgment. Another instance occurred yesterday. But there is always the famous example of the Smiths. | ||
| Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | example, instance | ||
| Mindre specifikke termer | happening, natural event, occurrence, occurrent | ||
| Mere specifikke termer | bit, clip, humiliation, mortification, piece, time | ||
| 2. | case (om tilstand) a special set of circumstances | ||
| Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | In that event, the first possibility is excluded. It may rain in which case the picnic will be canceled. | ||
| Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | event | ||
| Mindre specifikke termer | circumstance | ||
| 3. | case (om handling) a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy | ||
| Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | The family brought suit against the landlord. | ||
| Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | causa, cause, lawsuit, suit | ||
| Mindre specifikke termer | legal proceeding, proceeding, proceedings | ||
| Mere specifikke termer | bastardy proceeding, civil suit, class action, class-action suit, countersuit, criminal suit, moot, paternity suit | ||
| Overordnet emneområde | jurisprudence, law | ||
| 4. | case (om erkendelse) the actual state of things | ||
| Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | That was not the case. | ||
| Mindre specifikke termer | fact | ||
| 5. | case (om genstand) a portable container for carrying several objects | ||
| Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | The musicians left their instrument cases backstage. | ||
| Mindre specifikke termer | container | ||
| Mere specifikke termer | baggage, billfold, briefcase, cardcase, cigarette case, compact, dispatch box, dispatch case, glasses case, gun case, kit, letter case, locket, luggage, notecase, pillbox, pocketbook, portfolio, powder compact, quiver, shoe, sleeve, wallet, watch case, writing desk | ||
| 6. | case (om person) a person requiring professional services | ||
| Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | A typical case was the suburban housewife described by a marriage counselor. | ||
| Mindre specifikke termer | individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul | ||
| Mere specifikke termer | charity case, client, patient, referral, welfare case | ||
| 7. | case (om person) a person who is subjected to experimental or other observational procedures; someone who is an object of investigation | ||
| Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | The subjects for this investigation were selected randomly. The cases that we studied were drawn from two different communities. | ||
| Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | guinea pig, subject | ||
| Mindre specifikke termer | individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul | ||
| 8. | case (om kommunikation) a problem requiring investigation | ||
| Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | Perry Mason solved the case of the missing heir. | ||
| Mindre specifikke termer | problem | ||
| 9. | case (om kommunikation) a statement of facts and reasons used to support an argument | ||
| Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | He stated his case clearly. | ||
| Mindre specifikke termer | argument, statement | ||
| 10. | case (om mængde el. mål) the quantity contained in a case | ||
| Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | caseful | ||
| Mindre specifikke termer | containerful | ||
| 11. | case (om kommunikation) nouns or pronouns or adjectives (often marked by inflection) related in some way to other words in a sentence | ||
| Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | grammatical case | ||
| Mindre specifikke termer | grammatical category, syntactic category | ||
| Mere specifikke termer | nominative, nominative case, oblique, oblique case, subject case | ||
| 12. | case (om tilstand) a specific state of mind that is temporary | ||
| Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | A case of the jitters. | ||
| Mindre specifikke termer | frame of mind, state of mind | ||
| 13. | case (om person) a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities) | ||
| Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | A real character. A strange character. A friendly eccentric. The capable type. A mental case. | ||
| Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | character, eccentric, type | ||
| Mindre specifikke termer | adult, grownup | ||
| 14. | case (om kommunikation) a specific size and style of type within a type family | ||
| Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | face, font, fount, typeface | ||
| Mindre specifikke termer | type | ||
| Mere specifikke termer | bicameral script, black letter, bold, bold face, boldface, cartridge font, constant-width font, fixed-width font, font cartridge, Gothic, Helvetica, italic, monospaced font, proportional font, raster font, sans serif, screen font, typewriter font, unicameral script | ||
| Tilhører disse overordnede termer | type family | ||
| 15. | case (i anatomi) an enveloping structure or covering enclosing an animal or plant organ or part | ||
| Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | sheath | ||
| Mindre specifikke termer | cover, covering, natural covering | ||
| Mere specifikke termer | husk, lorica, medullary sheath, myelin sheath, neurilemma, neurolemma, theca | ||
| 16. | case (om genstand) the housing or outer covering of something | ||
| Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | The clock has a walnut case. | ||
| Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | casing, shell | ||
| Mindre specifikke termer | housing | ||
| Mere specifikke termer | boot, gear box, gear case, gearbox, jacket | ||
| Omfatter disse overordnede termer | grandfather clock, longcase clock | ||
| 17. | case (om genstand) the enclosing frame around a door or window opening | ||
| Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | The casings had rotted away and had to be replaced. | ||
| Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | casing | ||
| Mindre specifikke termer | framework | ||
| Omfatter disse overordnede termer | door, doorway, room access, threshold, window | ||
| 18. | case (om genstand) (printing) the receptacle in which a compositor has his type, which is divided into compartments for the different letters, spaces, or numbers | ||
| Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | For English, a compositor will ordinarily have two such cases, the upper case containing the capitals and the lower case containing the small letters. | ||
| Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | compositor's case, typesetter's case | ||
| Mindre specifikke termer | receptacle | ||
| Overordnet emneområde | printing | ||
| 19. | case (om genstand) bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow | ||
| Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | The burglar carried his loot in a pillowcase. | ||
| Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | pillow slip, pillowcase, slip | ||
| Mindre specifikke termer | bed linen | ||
| 20. | case (om genstand) a glass container used to store and display items in a shop or museum or home | ||
| Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | display case, showcase, vitrine | ||
| Mindre specifikke termer | container | ||
| Mere specifikke termer | trophy case | ||
Engelsk udsagnsord: case | |||
| 1. | case (om opfattelse) look over, usually with the intention to rob | ||
| Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | They men cased the housed. | ||
| Anvendelsesmønster | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Mindre specifikke termer | inspect | ||
| 2. | case (om relation) enclose in, or as if in, a case | ||
| Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | My feet were encased in mud. | ||
| Eksempler på anvendelse | They case the goods | ||
| Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | encase, incase | ||
| Anvendelsesmønster | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s something PP | ||
| Mindre specifikke termer | close in, enclose, inclose, shut in | ||
| Mere specifikke termer | box, crate, pack, package, sack | ||
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