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Definition: Meaning of, case in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / keɪs /

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case cases
  1. example [countable] an example of a particular situation or of something happening
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  2. situation [countable usually singular] a situation that exists, especially as it affects a particular person or group
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  3. (just) in case as a way of being safe from something that might happen or might be true
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  4. (just) in case American English if
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  5. in any case whatever happens or happened
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  6. in that case if that is the situation
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  7. reason/argument [countable usually singular] a set of reasons why something should happen or be done
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  8. law/crime [countable] a question or problem that will be dealt with by a law court
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  9. law/crime [countable] all the reasons that one side in a legal argument can give against the other side
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  10. law/crime [countable] an event or set of events that need to be dealt with by the police in order to find out if a crime has been committed and who committed it
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  11. box/container [countable] a large box or container in which things can be stored or moved
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  12. box/container [countable] a special box used as a container for holding or protecting something
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  13. box/container [countable] British English a SUITCASE
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  14. it's a case of something spoken used before describing a situation
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  15. disease [countable] an example of a disease or a person who has a disease
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  16. in case of something used to describe what you should do in a particular situation, especially on official notices
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  17. grammar [uncountable and countable] technical the way in which the form of a word changes, showing its relationship to other words in a sentence
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  18. be on somebody's case informal to be criticizing someone continuously
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  19. be on the case spoken if someone says they are on the case, they know about a problem and are going to try to solve it
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  20. get off my case spoken used to tell someone to stop criticizing you or complaining about you
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  21. person [countable] someone who is being dealt with by a doctor, a SOCIAL WORKER, the police etc
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Word Forms:
Prsesent Past Past Participle
case cased cased
Present Participle Third Person Singular
casing cases
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  1. be cased in something to be completely surrounded by a material or substance
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  2. case the joint informal to look around a place that you intend to steal from in order to find out information
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case used in phrases

  • Dred Scott Case, the
    1. an important decision made by the US SUPREME COURT in 1857. The case was brought to the SUPREME COURT by a SLAVE (= someone who is legally owned by another person) called Dred Scott. The Chief Justice of the SUPREME COURT officially decided that Dred Scott, like other SLAVE s, could not be considered a citizen of the US. He also stated that Congress must not prevent any state from having SLAVEry . These decisions made many people extremely angry, especially the ABOLITIONIST s (= people who wanted to end SLAVEry and make it illegal) and members of Congress, and the Dred Scott Case is considered one of the causes of the American CIVIL WAR .
  • Dutch case-knife bean (noun)
    1. tropical American bean with red flowers and mottled black beans similar to Phaseolus vulgaris but perennial; a preferred food bean in Great Britain
  • ablative case (noun)
    1. the case indicating the agent in passive sentences or the instrument or manner or place of the action described by the verb
  • accusative case (noun)
    1. the case of nouns serving as the direct object of a verb
  • antitrust case (noun)
    1. law a legal action brought against parties who are charged with limiting free competition in the market place
  • attaché case (noun)
    1. a thin case used for carrying business documents
  • attributive genitive case (noun)
    1. a word in the genitive case that is used as an attributive adjective
  • basket case (noun)
    1. informal someone who you think is crazy [=  nut case]
    2. a country with many severe economic and social problems that are likely to continue for a long time
  • case agreement (noun)
    1. agreement in grammatical case between words in the same construction
  • case history (noun)
    1. a detailed record of someone's past illnesses, problems etc that a doctor or SOCIAL WORKER studies
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