case


Meanings

  • an occurrence of something;
    • "it was a case of bad judgment"
  • a special set of circumstances;
    • "it may rain in which case the picnic will be canceled"
  • a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy;
  • the actual state of things;
    • "that was not the case"
  • a portable container for carrying several objects;
    • "the musicians left their instrument cases backstage"
  • a person requiring professional services;
    • "a typical case was the suburban housewife described by a marriage counselor"
  • a person who is subjected to experimental or other observational procedures; someone who is an object of investigation;
    • "the cases that we studied were drawn from two different communities"
  • a problem requiring investigation;
    • "Perry Mason solved the case of the missing heir"
  • a statement of facts and reasons used to support an argument;
    • "he stated his case clearly"
  • the quantity contained in a case
  • nouns or pronouns or adjectives (often marked by inflection) related in some way to other words in a sentence
  • a specific state of mind that is temporary;
    • "a case of the jitters"
  • a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities);
    • "a mental case"
  • a specific size and style of type within a type family
  • an enveloping structure or covering enclosing an animal or plant organ or part
  • the housing or outer covering of something;
    • "the clock has a walnut case"
  • the enclosing frame around a door or window opening;
  • (printing) the receptacle in which a compositor has his type, which is divided into compartments for the different letters, spaces, or numbers;
    • "for English, a compositor will ordinarily have two such cases, the upper case containing the capitals and the lower case containing the small letters"
  • bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow;
    • "the burglar carried his loot in a pillowcase"
  • a glass container used to store and display items in a shop or museum or home
  • look over, usually with the intention to rob;
    • "They men cased the housed"
  • enclose in, or as if in, a case;
    • "my feet were encased in mud"
  • CASE v CASED, CASING, CASES to put in a case (a container or receptacle)


Scrabble Score: 6

case is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word

case is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary

case is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary


Words With Friends Score: 7

case is a valid Words With Friends word