case

case

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English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /keɪs/
  • Rhymes: -eɪs
  • Hyphenation: case

Etymology 1

From Middle English cas, from Old French cas (“an event”), from Latin cāsus (“a falling, a fall; accident, event, occurrence; occasion, opportunity; noun case”), perfect passive participle of cadō (“to fall, to drop”).

Noun

case (plural cases)

  1. An actual event, situation, or fact.
  2. (now rare) A given condition or state.
  3. A piece of work, specifically defined within a profession; the set of tasks involved in addressing the situation of a specific person or event.
  4. (academia) An instance or event as a topic of study.
  6. (law) A legal proceeding; a lawsuit or prosecution.
  8. (grammar) A specific inflection of a word (particularly a noun, pronoun, or adjective) depending on its function in the sentence.
  9. (grammar, uncountable) Grammatical cases and their meanings taken either as a topic in general or within a specific language.
  11. (medicine) An instance of a specific condition or set of symptoms.
    Antonym: noncase
    Hyponym: index case
    Coordinate term: patient
  12. (programming) A section of code representing one of the actions of a conditional switch.
  13. (archaic) A love affair.
Usage notes

In medicine, in precise and respectful usage, a case is not a patient and a patient is not a case, whereas a patient has a case. In loose usage, however, the words are often treated as synonymous.

Synonyms
Hyponyms
  • court case
  • See also Thesaurus:grammatical case
Derived terms
Descendants
  • → Swedish: case n
Translations

Verb

case (third-person singular simple present cases, present participle casing, simple past and past participle cased)

  1. (obsolete, intransitive) To propose hypothetical cases.

See also

  • Appendix:Grammatical cases

References

  • (love affair): John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary
  • case on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

From Middle English case, from Old Northern French casse, (compare Old French chasse (“box, chest, case”)), from Latin capsa (“box, bookcase”), from capiō (“to take, seize, hold”). Doublet of cash, chase, and chasse. Compare Spanish caja, Asturian caxa.

Noun

case (plural cases)

  2. A box that contains or can contain a number of identical items of manufacture.
  3. A box, sheath, or covering generally.
  4. A piece of luggage that can be used to transport an apparatus such as a sewing machine.
  5. An enclosing frame or casing.
  6. A suitcase.
  7. A piece of furniture, constructed partially of transparent glass or plastic, within which items can be displayed.
  8. The outer covering or framework of a piece of apparatus such as a computer.
  9. (printing, historical) A shallow tray divided into compartments or "boxes" for holding type, traditionally arranged in sets of two, the "upper case" (containing capitals, small capitals, accented) and "lower case" (small letters, figures, punctuation marks, quadrats, and spaces).
  10. (typography, by extension) The nature of a piece of alphabetic type, whether a “capital” (upper case) or “small” (lower case) letter.
  11. (poker slang) Four of a kind.
  12. (US) A unit of liquid measure used to measure sales in the beverage industry, equivalent to 192 fluid ounces.
  13. (mining) A small fissure which admits water into the workings.
  14. A thin layer of harder metal on the surface of an object whose deeper metal is allowed to remain soft.
  15. A cardboard box that holds (usually 24) beer bottles or cans.
    Synonym: carton
  16. (UK, slang, obsolete) A counterfeit crown (five-shilling coin).
Derived terms
Translations

Adjective

case (not comparable)

  1. (poker slang) The last remaining card of a particular rank.
References
  • Weisenberg, Michael (2000) The Official Dictionary of Poker. MGI/Mike Caro University. →ISBN

Verb

case (third-person singular simple present cases, present participle casing, simple past and past participle cased)

  1. (transitive) To place (an item or items of manufacture) into a box, as in preparation for shipment.
  2. (transitive) To cover or protect with, or as if with, a case; to enclose.
  3. (transitive, informal) To survey (a building or other location) surreptitiously, as in preparation for a robbery.
    • 2014, Amy Goodman, From COINTELPRO to Snowden, the FBI Burglars Speak Out After 43 Years of Silence (Part 2), Democracy Now!, January 8, 2014, 0:49 to 0:57:
      Bonnie worked as a daycare director. She helped case the FBI office by posing as a college student interested in becoming an FBI agent.
Derived terms
Translations

References

  • Weisenberg, Michael (2000) The Official Dictionary of Poker. MGI/Mike Caro University. →ISBN

Further reading

  • “case”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
  • case in Britannica Dictionary
  • case in Macmillan Collocations Dictionary
  • case in Sentence collocations by Cambridge Dictionary
  • case in Ozdic collocation dictionary
  • case in WordReference English Collocations

Anagrams

  • ACEs, ASCE, Aces, Ceas, ESCA, SCEA, aces, aesc, esca, æsc

Afar

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ħaˈse/ [ħʌˈsɛ]
  • Hyphenation: ca‧se

Verb

casé (frequentative casamcasé, passive cassiimé)

  1. (transitive) wave at
  2. (transitive) strike, hit

Conjugation

References

  • E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “case”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
  • Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis), page 263

Asturian

Verb

case

  1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive of casar

Chinese

Alternative forms

  • 畸士, K士

Etymology

From English case.

Pronunciation

Noun

case (Hong Kong Cantonese)

  1. case (container; box) (Classifier: 個／个 c)
  2. case (situation) (Classifier: 個／个 c)
  3. case (piece of work) (Classifier: 個／个 c)
  4. case (piece of work) (when associated with a file detailing the case, e.g. applications or reports) (Classifier: 隻／只 c)
  5. the person or client associated with such case (Classifier: 隻／只 c)
  6. case (legal proceeding) (Classifier: 單／单 c; 隻／只 c)
    • 嘩haai2，搞緊咩大case呀？ [Cantonese, trad.]
      哗haai2，搞紧咩大case呀？ [Cantonese, simp.]
      waa3 haai2, gaau2 gan2 me1 daai6 kei1 si2 aa3? [Jyutping]
      Huh! What sort of big case are they [the police] working on?

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin casa, in the sense of "hut, cabin". The other senses are a semantic loan from Spanish casa. Doublet of chez, which was inherited.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaz/ ~ /kɑz/
  • Homophone: cases

Noun

case f (plural cases)

  1. (archaic, rare or regional) hut, cabin, shack
  2. box (on form)
  3. square (on board game)

Derived terms

  • avoir une case en moins
  • case départ
  • case à cocher
  • manquer une case
  • retour à la case départ

Descendants

  • Saint Dominican Creole French: caze
    • Haitian Creole: kay

Further reading

  • “case”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

  • à sec

Galician

Etymology 1

Attested since the 15th century (quasy), inherited from Latin quasi (“as if”).

Alternative forms

  • caixe

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkɑsɪ]

Adverb

case

  1. almost

References

  • Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “quasy”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
  • Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “case”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
  • Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “case”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
  • Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “case”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Etymology 2

Verb

case

  1. inflection of casar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈka.ze/, (traditional) /ˈka.se/
  • Rhymes: -aze, (traditional) -ase
  • Hyphenation: cà‧se

Noun

case f

  1. plural of casa

Anagrams

  • asce, esca, seca

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡sasɛ/, [ˈt͡sasə]

Noun

case

  1. nominative/accusative plural of cas

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *kāsi, from late Proto-West Germanic *kāsī, borrowed from Latin cāseus.

Noun

câse m or n

  1. cheese

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Alternative forms

  • kese (eastern)

Descendants

  • Dutch: kaas
    • Afrikaans: kaas
      • → Sotho: kase
      • → Tswana: kase
    • Berbice Creole Dutch: kasi
    • Jersey Dutch: kääs
    • Negerhollands: kaas, kaes
    • → Aukan: kasi
    • → Papiamentu: keshi (from the diminutive)
    • → Peranakan Indonesian: kas
    • → Sranan Tongo: kasi
      • → Caribbean Hindustani: kási
      • → Saramaccan: kási
  • Limburgish: kieës, kees

Further reading

  • “case”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “case (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • caas, casse

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman casse, from Old French chasse, from Latin capsa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkaːs(ə)/, /ˈkas(ə)/

Noun

case (plural cases)

  1. box, chest, casket, case

Descendants

  • English: case
  • Yola: kaase
  • → Irish: cás

References

  • “cā̆se, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

English case, from Latin cāsus. Doublet of kasus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɛɪ̯s/, /kæɪ̯s/

Noun

case m or n (definite singular casen or caset, indefinite plural caser, definite plural casene)

  1. a case study; a case as used in a case study

References

  • “case” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
  • “case_2” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

English case, from Latin cāsus. Doublet of kasus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɛɪ̯s/, /kæɪ̯s/

Noun

case m or n (definite singular casen or caset, indefinite plural casar or case, definite plural casane or casa)

  1. a case study; a case as used in a case study
    Synonyms: døme, eksempel

References

  • “case” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old French

Noun

case oblique singular, m (oblique plural cases, nominative singular cases, nominative plural case)

  1. (grammar) case

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ca‧se
  • Rhymes: -azi, -azɨ

Verb

case

  1. inflection of casar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Romanian

Noun

case

  1. inflection of casă:
    1. plural
    2. genitive/dative singular

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkase/ [ˈka.se]
  • Rhymes: -ase
  • Syllabification: ca‧se

Verb

case

  1. inflection of casar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from English case, from Latin cāsus. Doublet of kasus.

Noun

case n

  1. (countable) a case (instance or event as a topic of study)
    Synonym: fall

Declension

Derived terms

References

  • case in Svensk ordbok (SO)

Venetan

Noun

case

  1. plural of casa

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