case
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noun- 1.
An actual event, situation, or fact.
For a change, in this case, he was telling the truth.
It is not the case that every unfamiliar phrase is an idiom.
In case of fire, break glass. [sign on fire extinguisher holder in public space]
Conditioning would require exposition to any sentence before being uttered, which isn’t the case.
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(archaic)(now rare) A given condition or state.
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A specific matter or piece of work, specifically defined within a profession, usually in respect of a specific person and/or event; the set of tasks involved in addressing one such matter.
It was one of the detective's easiest cases.
Social workers should work on a maximum of forty active cases.
The doctor told us of an interesting case he had treated that morning.
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(academia) An instance or event as a topic of study.
The teaching consists of theory lessons and case studies.
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(law) A legal proceeding; a lawsuit or prosecution.
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(grammar) A specific inflection of a word (particularly a noun, pronoun, or adjective) depending on its function in the sentence.
The accusative case most commonly indicates a direct object.
Latin has six cases, and remnants of a seventh.
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(uncountable)(grammar, uncountable) Grammatical cases and their meanings taken either as a topic in general or within a specific language.
Jane has been studying case in Caucasian languages.
Latin is a language that employs case.
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(medicine) An instance of a specific condition or set of symptoms.
There were another five cases reported overnight.
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(programming) A section of code representing one of the actions of a conditional switch.
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(archaic)A love affair.
- 11.
A box that contains or can contain a number of identical items of manufacture.
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A box, sheath, or covering generally.
a case for spectacles; the case of a watch
Động từ
verb- 1.
(intransitive, obsolete)To propose hypothetical cases.
- 2.
(transitive)To place (an item or items of manufacture) into a box, as in preparation for shipment.
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(transitive)To cover or protect with, or as if with, a case; to enclose.
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(informal, transitive)To survey (a building or other location) surreptitiously, as in preparation for a robbery.
Bonnie worked as a daycare director. She helped case the FBI office by posing as a college student interested in becoming an FBI agent.
Tính từ
adjective- 1.
(not comparable, slang)(poker slang) The last remaining card of a particular rank.
He drew the case eight!
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From Middle English cas, from Old French cas (an event), from Latin cāsus, perfect passive participle of cadō (to fall, to drop).