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Noun case has 18 senses
- lawsuit, suit, case, cause, causa - 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"
--1 is a kind of proceeding, legal proceeding, proceedings
--1 has particulars:
- case, instance, example - 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"
--2 is a kind of happening, occurrence, natural event
--2 has particulars:
- event, case - a special set of circumstances; "in that event, the first possibility is excluded"; "it may rain in which case the picnic will be canceled"
--3 is a kind of circumstance
- case - a problem requiring investigation; "Perry Mason solved the case of the missing heir"
--4 is a kind of problem
- case - the actual state of things; "that was not the case"
--5 is a kind of fact
- case - a statement of facts and reasons used to support an argument; "he stated his case clearly"
--6 is a kind of argument, statement
- case - a portable container for carrying several objects; "the musicians left their instrument cases backstage"
--7 is a kind of container
--7 has particulars:
- subject, case, guinea pig - 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"
--8 is a kind of person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, human, soul
- case - a person requiring professional services; "a typical case was the suburban housewife described by a marriage counselor"
--9 is a kind of person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, human, soul
--9 has particulars: client; patient; welfare case, charity case
- case, caseful - the quantity contained in a case
--10 is a kind of containerful
- case, display case, showcase - a glass container used to store and display items in a shop or museum or home
--11 is a kind of container
--11 has particulars: trophy case
- case - a specific state of mind that is temporary; "a case of the jitters"
--12 is a kind of state of mind, frame of mind
- case, grammatical case - nouns or pronouns or adjectives (often marked by inflection) related in some way to other words in a sentence
--13 is a kind of grammatical category, syntactic category
--13 has particulars:
- shell, case, casing - the housing or outer covering of something; "the clock has a walnut case"
--14 is a kind of housing
--14 is a part of grandfather clock, longcase clock
--14 has particulars: boot; gearbox, gear case; jacket
- character, eccentric, type, case - 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"
--15 is a kind of adult, grownup
- sheath, case - an enveloping structure or covering enclosing an animal or plant organ or part
--16 is a kind of covering, natural covering, cover
--16 has particulars:
- casing, case - the enclosing frame around a door or window opening; "the casings had rotted away and had to be replaced"
--17 is a kind of framework, frame, framing
--17 is a part of doorway, door, room access, threshold; window
- case, pillowcase, slip, pillow slip - bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow; "the burglar carried his loot in a pillowcase"
--18 is a kind of bed linen
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