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/keɪs/

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- 1. an instance of a particular situation; an example of something occurring: "a case of mistaken identity" Similar instanceoccurrenceoccasionmanifestationdemonstrationexhibitionexpositionexpressionexampleillustrationspecimensampleexemplificationtypeprototype
- ▪ the situation affecting or relating to a particular person or thing: "I'll make an exception in your case" Similar the situationthe positionthe picturethe state of affairsthe state of playthe lie of the landplightpredicamenteventcontingencycircumstancesconditionsfactshow things standwhat's going oninformal:kettle of fishball gamescorestoryset-up
- ▪ an incident or set of circumstances under official investigation by the police: "a murder case" Similar investigationinquiryexaminationexplorationprobesearchscrutinyscrutinizationstudyinspectioninquestreconnoitringsoundingincidenteventhappeningoccurrenceepisodeproceedingmatteraffairset of circumstances
- 2. an instance of a disease, injury, or problem: "200,000 cases of hepatitis B" Similar patientsick personinvalidsufferervictimclient
- ▪ a person or their particular problem requiring or receiving medical or welfare attention: "most breast cancer cases were older women"
- ▪ a person whose situation is regarded as pitiable or as having no chance of improvement: informal "Vicky was a very sad case"
- ▪ an amusing or eccentric person. informal, dated
- 3. a legal action, especially one to be decided in a court of law: "a libel case" Similar lawsuitactionlegal actionsuitsuit at lawcauselegal causetrialproceedingslegal proceeding(s)judicial proceedingslitigationlegal processlegal disputeindictment
- ▪ a set of facts or arguments supporting one side in a legal case: "the case for the defence"
- ▪ a set of facts or arguments supporting one side of a debate or controversy: "the case against tobacco advertising" Similar argumentcontentionreasoninglogicdefencejustificationvindicationapologypolemicstatementpostulationexplanationexpositionthesispresentationproclamationexpoundingclaimpleaappealpetition
- ▪ an agreed summary of the facts relating to a legal case, drawn up for review or decision on a point of law by a higher court.
- 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" Similar inflectionformendingmorphologysemantic relationship
Word Origin 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’.
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A case is one particular situation — and it's also a legal term for a court proceeding, and a medical term for the details of one specific patient. Another kind of case is a bag that holds or covers something, like a laptop case or a cellphone case.

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