Case

Quick meaning: Case is a noun meaning An actual event, situation, or fact.

Meaning

An actual event, situation, or fact.

More Meanings

1. (now rare) A given condition or state.
2. (academia) An instance or event as a topic of study.
3. (law) A legal proceeding; a lawsuit or prosecution.
4. (grammar) A specific inflection of a word (particularly a noun, pronoun, or adjective) depending on its function in the sentence.
5. (grammar, uncountable) Grammatical cases and their meanings taken either as a topic in general or within a specific language.
6. (medicine) An instance of a specific condition or set of symptoms.
7. A specific matter or piece of work, specifically defined within a profession, usually in respect of a specific person and/or event; the set of tasks involved in addressing one such matter.

Example Sentences

For a change, in this case, he was telling the truth.

It is not the case that every unfamiliar phrase is an idiom.

In case of fire, break glass. [sign on fire extinguisher holder in public space]

Ne wist he how to turne, nor to what place: / Was never wretched man in such a wofull cace.

Word Forms

• cases
• casing
• cased

Synonyms for case

Depending on context, synonyms include befall, carton, eccentric, subject, slip, character.

Antonyms for case

Common opposites include noncase.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include event, cause, subject, example, eccentric, showcase.

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