· an occurrence of something; "it was a case of bad judgment"; "another instance occurred yesterday"; "but there is always the famous example of the Smiths"
Hypernym(s): happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural_event
· a special set of circumstances; "in that event, the first possibility is excluded"; "it may rain in which case the picnic will be canceled"
Synonym(s): event
Hypernym(s): circumstance
· a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy; "the family brought suit against the landlord"
Synonym(s): lawsuit, suit, cause, causa
Hypernym(s): proceeding, legal_proceeding, proceedings
· the actual state of things; "that was not the case"
Hypernym(s): fact
· a portable container for carrying several objects; "the musicians left their instrument cases backstage"
Hypernym(s): container
· a person requiring professional services; "a typical case was the suburban housewife described by a marriage counselor"
Hypernym(s): person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
· a person who is subjected to experimental or other observational procedures; someone who is an object of investigation; "the subjects for this investigation were selected randomly"; "the cases that we studied were drawn from two different communities"
Synonym(s): subject, guinea_pig
Hypernym(s): person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
· a problem requiring investigation; "Perry Mason solved the case of the missing heir"
Hypernym(s): problem
· a statement of facts and reasons used to support an argument; "he stated his case clearly"
Hypernym(s): argument, statement
· the quantity contained in a case
Synonym(s): caseful
Hypernym(s): containerful
· nouns or pronouns or adjectives (often marked by inflection) related in some way to other words in a sentence
Synonym(s): grammatical_case
Hypernym(s): grammatical_category, syntactic_category
· a specific state of mind that is temporary; "a case of the jitters"
Hypernym(s): state_of_mind, frame_of_mind
· a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities); "a real character"; "a strange character"; "a friendly eccentric"; "the capable type"; "a mental case"
Synonym(s): character, eccentric, type
· a specific size and style of type within a type family
Synonym(s): font, fount, typeface, face
Hypernym(s): type
· an enveloping structure or covering enclosing an animal or plant organ or part
Synonym(s): sheath
Hypernym(s): covering, natural_covering, cover
· the housing or outer covering of something; "the clock has a walnut case"
Hypernym(s): housing
· the enclosing frame around a door or window opening; "the casings had rotted away and had to be replaced"
Synonym(s): casing
· (printing) the receptacle in which a compositor has his type, which is divided into compartments for the different letters, spaces, or numbers; "for English, a compositor will ordinarily have two such cases, the upper case containing the capitals and the lower case containing the small letters"
Synonym(s): compositor%27s_case, typesetter%27s_case
Hypernym(s): receptacle
· bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow; "the burglar carried his loot in a pillowcase"
Synonym(s): pillowcase, slip, pillow_slip
Hypernym(s): bed_linen
· a glass container used to store and display items in a shop or museum or home
Synonym(s): display_case, showcase, vitrine
Hypernym(s): container
· look over, usually with the intention to rob; "They men cased the housed"
Hypernym(s): inspect
· enclose in, or as if in, a case; "my feet were encased in mud"
Hypernym(s): enclose, close_in, inclose, shut_in