The Meaning of case

• (n.) A box, sheath, or covering; as, a case for holding goods; a case for spectacles; the case of a watch; the case (capsule) of a cartridge; a case (cover) for a book.
• (n.) A box and its contents; the quantity contained in a box; as, a case of goods; a case of instruments.
• (n.) A shallow tray divided into compartments or \"boxes\" for holding type.
• (n.) An inclosing frame; a casing; as, a door case; a window case.
• (n.) A small fissure which admits water to the workings.
• (v. t.) To cover or protect with, or as with, a case; to inclose.
• (v. t.) To strip the skin from; as, to case a box.
• (n.) Chance; accident; hap; opportunity.
• (n.) That which befalls, comes, or happens; an event; an instance; a circumstance, or all the circumstances; condition; state of things; affair; as, a strange case; a case of injustice; the case of the Indian tribes.
• (n.) A patient under treatment; an instance of sickness or injury; as, ten cases of fever; also, the history of a disease or injury.
• (n.) The matters of fact or conditions involved in a suit, as distinguished from the questions of law; a suit or action at law; a cause.
• (n.) One of the forms, or the inflections or changes of form, of a noun, pronoun, or adjective, which indicate its relation to other words, and in the aggregate constitute its declension; the relation which a noun or pronoun sustains to some other word.
• (v. i.) To propose hypothetical cases.

Synonyms

instance , example , event , lawsuit , suit , cause , causa , subject , guinea pig , caseful , grammatical case , character , eccentric , type , font , fount , typeface , face , sheath , shell , casing , casing , compositor's case , typesetter's case , pillowcase , slip , pillow slip , display case , showcase , vitrine , encase , incase

Homophones

caisse , cayce

Rhymes

ace , aerospace , airspace , anyplace , apace , arianespace , base , bass , birthplace , boldface , bookcase , brace , briefcase , caisse , cayce , chace , chase , commonplace , crace , cyberspace , dace , database , debase , deface , degrace , diabase , diastase , disgrace , displace , efface , embrace , encase , erase , everyplace , face , fireplace , footrace , frace , glace , grace , heyse , incase , interface , interlace , lace , lactase , lambastes , left-brace , lovelace , mace , mais , marketplace , misplace , nace , orthoclase , outpace , pace , place , plagioclase , polymerase , race , replace , retrace , right-brace , scarface , shoelace , showcase , showplace , someplace , space , staircase , steeplechase , streptokinase , suitcase , thrace , trace , typeface , vase , wace , wheelbase , workplace