Meaning of case

Case

Common

noun

•

A

that

s or can

of

.

•

A

,

, or

.

•

A

of

that can be used to

an

such as a

.

•

An

or

.

•

A

.

•

A

piece of furniture

,

of

or

, within which

can be

.

•

The

or

of

such as a

.

•

In Printing:

A

into

or "boxes" for

,

in

of two, the "

" (containing

,

,

) and "

" (small

,

,

punctuation marks

,

, and

).

•

In Typography:

The

of

, whether a “capital” (

) or “small” (

)

.

•

In Poker:

.

•

In American English:

A

of

used to

in the

,

to 192

.

•

In Mining:

A

which

water into the

.

•

A

of

whose

is

to

.

•

A

that

(usually 24)

or

.

•

An

,

, or

.

•

A

or

.

•

A

,

within a

.

•

An

or

as a

of study.

•

In Law:

A

,

.

•

In Grammar:

A

of a

on its

in the

.

•

In Grammar:

Grammatical cases

and their

either as a

or within a

.

•

In Medicine:

An

of a

or set of

.

•

In Programming:

A

of

one of the

of a

.

•

In Computing & Software:

computer-aided

software engineering

.

•

In Manufacturing:

,

,

and

.

•

In Grammar:

of a

that

its

in a

, such as a

grammatical case

and a

.

verb

•

To

(an

or

s of

) into a

,

for

.

•

To

or

with, or

with, a

; to

.

•

To

(a

or other

)

surreptitiously

,

for a

.

•

to

adj

•

In Poker:

The last

of a

.

name

•

A

.

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Lineage

case

English

cas

Middle English (1100-1500)

cas

Old English (ca. 450-1100)

cas

Old French (842-ca. 1400)

casus

Latin

casse

Anglo-Norman

casse

Old French (842-ca. 1400)

capsa

Latin

capere

Latin

capio

Latin

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