case

Meaning

Noun

1. An actual event, situation, or fact.
2. 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. An instance or event as a topic of study.
5. A legal proceeding; a lawsuit or prosecution.
6. A specific inflection of a word (particularly a noun, pronoun, or adjective) depending on its function in the sentence.
7. Grammatical cases and their meanings taken either as a topic in general or within a specific language.
8. An instance of a specific condition or set of symptoms.
9. A section of code representing one of the actions of a conditional switch.
10. A love affair.

Verb

To propose hypothetical cases.

Adj

The last remaining card of a particular rank.

Verb

1. To place (an item or items of manufacture) into a box, as in preparation for shipment.
2. To cover or protect with, or as if with, a case; to enclose.
3. (informal) To survey (a building or other location) surreptitiously, as in preparation for a robbery.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/keɪs/

Etymology

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”).

Sentences

Are you sure that Joe case is going on next week ?