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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:
civil suit; class action, class-action suit; countersuit; criminal suit; moot; paternity suit, bastardy proceeding
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:
humiliation, mortification; piece, bit; time, clip
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:

Derived form: verb case₂

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

Derived form: verb case₂
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
Derived form: verb case₂
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:
nominative, nominative case, subject case; oblique, oblique case
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
Derived form: verb case₂
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:
theca; lorica; medullary sheath, myelin sheath; neurolemma, neurilemma; husk

Derived form: verb case₂
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

Verb case has 2 senses

case - look over, usually with the intention to rob; "They men cased the housed"
--₁ is one way to inspect
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
encase, incase, case - enclose in, or as if in, a case; "my feet were encased in mud"
--₂ is one way to enclose, inclose, shut in

Derived forms: noun case₁₀, noun case₁₆, noun case₁₄, noun case₁₁, noun case₇, noun casing₁
Sample sentence:
They case the goods