case meaning
EN
[keɪs] [-eɪs] 
US WCase
- Case may refer to:
FR case 
- NounPLcasesSUF-ase
- An actual event, situation, or fact.
- 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]
- (now rare) A given condition or state.
- A piece of work, specifically defined within a profession.
- It was one of the detective's easiest cases. Social workers should work on a maximum of forty active cases. The doctor told us of an interesting case he had treated that morning.
- (academia) An instance or event as a topic of study.
- The teaching consists of theory lessons and case studies.
- (law) A legal proceeding, lawsuit.
- “Two or three months more went by ; the public were eagerly awaiting the arrival of this semi-exotic claimant to an English peerage, and sensations, surpassing those of the Tichbourne case, were looked forward to with palpitating interest. […]”
- (grammar) A specific inflection of a word depending on its function in the sentence.
- The accusative case canonically indicates a direct object. Latin has six cases, and remnants of a seventh.
- (grammar) NU Grammatical cases and their meanings taken either as a topic in general or within a specific language.
- Jane has been studying case in Caucasian languages. Latin is a language that employs case.
- (medicine) An instance of a specific condition or set of symptoms.
- There were another five cases reported overnight.
- (computing, programming) A section of code representing one of the actions of a conditional switch.
- A box that contains or can contain a number of identical items of manufacture.
- A box, sheath, or covering generally.
- a case for spectacles; the case of a watch
- A piece of luggage that can be used to transport an apparatus such as a sewing machine.
- An enclosing frame or casing.
- a door case; a window case
- A suitcase.
- A piece of furniture, constructed partially of transparent glass or plastic, within which items can be displayed.
- The outer covering or framework of a piece of apparatus such as a computer.
- (printing, historical) A shallow tray divided into compartments or "boxes" for holding type, traditionally arranged in sets of two, the "upper case" (containing capitals, small capitals, accented) and "lower case" (small letters, figures, punctuation marks, quadrats, and spaces).
- (typography, by extension) The nature of a piece of alphabetic type, whether a “capital” (upper case) or “small” (lower case) letter.
- (poker slang) Four of a kind.
- (US) A unit of liquid measure used to measure sales in the beverage industry, equivalent to 192 fluid ounces.
- (mining) A small fissure which admits water into the workings.
- An actual event, situation, or fact.
- VerbSGcasesPRcasingPT, PPcased
- OBS To propose hypothetical cases.
- VT To place (an item or items of manufacture) into a box, as in preparation for shipment.
- VT To cover or protect with, or as if with, a case; to enclose.
- VT INF To survey (a building or other location) surreptitiously, as in preparation for a robbery.
- OBS To propose hypothetical cases.
- Adjective
- (poker slang) The last remaining card of a particular rank.
- He drew the case eight!
- (poker slang) The last remaining card of a particular rank.
- More Examples
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- The last two genospecies are etiologic agents of almost all LB cases in Russia, which encompasses the greater part of the range of B.
- At an average follow-up of 4 years, 2 of 10 cases had to be converted to tibiotalocalcaneal arthrodesis because of persistent pain with substantial arthrofibrosis, but not loosening.
- The merits of the case favored the plaintiffs, but their procedural blunders set them back.
- Used in the Ending of Sentence
- Although she detested her client, the taxi rank system meant she had no choice but to take the case.
- Renal underexcretion of uric acid is the primary cause of hyperuricemia in about 90% of cases.
- Associations between polyomaviruria and disease characteristics were analysed in cases.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of case in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Adjectives
- Uncomparable adjectives
- Uncomparable adjectives
- Nouns
- Countable nouns
- Singularia tantum
- Uncountable nouns
- Uncountable nouns
- Countable nouns
- Verbs
- Transitive verbs
- Transitive verbs
- Adjectives
Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "case" is an adjective, more specifically, an uncomparable adjective. It's also a noun, more specifically, a countable noun and a singularia tantum. It's also a verb, more specifically, a transitive verb.