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English noun: case | |||
| 1. | case (event) an occurrence of something | ||
| Samples | It was a case of bad judgment. Another instance occurred yesterday. But there is always the famous example of the Smiths. | ||
| Synonyms | example, instance | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | happening, natural event, occurrence, occurrent | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | bit, clip, humiliation, mortification, piece, time | ||
| 2. | case (state) a special set of circumstances | ||
| Samples | In that event, the first possibility is excluded. It may rain in which case the picnic will be canceled. | ||
| Synonyms | event | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | circumstance | ||
| 3. | case (act) a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy | ||
| Samples | The family brought suit against the landlord. | ||
| Synonyms | causa, cause, lawsuit, suit | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | legal proceeding, proceeding, proceedings | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | bastardy proceeding, civil suit, class action, class-action suit, countersuit, criminal suit, moot, paternity suit | ||
| Domain category | jurisprudence, law | ||
| 4. | case (cognition) the actual state of things | ||
| Samples | That was not the case. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | fact | ||
| 5. | case (artifact) a portable container for carrying several objects | ||
| Samples | The musicians left their instrument cases backstage. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | container | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | 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 (person) a person requiring professional services | ||
| Samples | A typical case was the suburban housewife described by a marriage counselor. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | charity case, client, patient, referral, welfare case | ||
| 7. | case (person) a person who is subjected to experimental or other observational procedures; someone who is an object of investigation | ||
| Samples | The subjects for this investigation were selected randomly. The cases that we studied were drawn from two different communities. | ||
| Synonyms | guinea pig, subject | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul | ||
| 8. | case (communication) a problem requiring investigation | ||
| Samples | Perry Mason solved the case of the missing heir. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | problem | ||
| 9. | case (communication) a statement of facts and reasons used to support an argument | ||
| Samples | He stated his case clearly. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | argument, statement | ||
| 10. | case (quantity) the quantity contained in a case | ||
| Synonyms | caseful | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | containerful | ||
| 11. | case (communication) nouns or pronouns or adjectives (often marked by inflection) related in some way to other words in a sentence | ||
| Synonyms | grammatical case | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | grammatical category, syntactic category | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | nominative, nominative case, oblique, oblique case, subject case | ||
| 12. | case (state) a specific state of mind that is temporary | ||
| Samples | A case of the jitters. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | frame of mind, state of mind | ||
| 13. | case (person) a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities) | ||
| Samples | A real character. A strange character. A friendly eccentric. The capable type. A mental case. | ||
| Synonyms | character, eccentric, type | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | adult, grownup | ||
| 14. | case (communication) a specific size and style of type within a type family | ||
| Synonyms | face, font, fount, typeface | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | type | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | 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 | ||
| Member meronym | type family | ||
| 15. | case (body) an enveloping structure or covering enclosing an animal or plant organ or part | ||
| Synonyms | sheath | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | cover, covering, natural covering | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | husk, lorica, medullary sheath, myelin sheath, neurilemma, neurolemma, theca | ||
| 16. | case (artifact) the housing or outer covering of something | ||
| Samples | The clock has a walnut case. | ||
| Synonyms | casing, shell | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | housing | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | boot, gear box, gear case, gearbox, jacket | ||
| Part meronym | grandfather clock, longcase clock | ||
| 17. | case (artifact) the enclosing frame around a door or window opening | ||
| Samples | The casings had rotted away and had to be replaced. | ||
| Synonyms | casing | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | framework | ||
| Part meronym | door, doorway, room access, threshold, window | ||
| 18. | case (artifact) (printing) the receptacle in which a compositor has his type, which is divided into compartments for the different letters, spaces, or numbers | ||
| Samples | For English, a compositor will ordinarily have two such cases, the upper case containing the capitals and the lower case containing the small letters. | ||
| Synonyms | compositor's case, typesetter's case | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | receptacle | ||
| Domain category | printing | ||
| 19. | case (artifact) bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow | ||
| Samples | The burglar carried his loot in a pillowcase. | ||
| Synonyms | pillow slip, pillowcase, slip | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | bed linen | ||
| 20. | case (artifact) a glass container used to store and display items in a shop or museum or home | ||
| Synonyms | display case, showcase, vitrine | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | container | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | trophy case | ||
English verb: case | |||
| 1. | case (perception) look over, usually with the intention to rob | ||
| Samples | They men cased the housed. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | inspect | ||
| 2. | case (contact) enclose in, or as if in, a case | ||
| Samples | My feet were encased in mud. | ||
| Examples | They case the goods | ||
| Synonyms | encase, incase | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s something PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | close in, enclose, inclose, shut in | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | box, crate, pack, package, sack | ||
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