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Case

/keɪs/

An actual event, situation, or fact.

📖 Definitions of "Case"

noun
  1. 1

    An actual event, situation, or fact.

    "For a change, in this case, he was telling the truth."

  2. 2

    A given condition or state.

  3. 3

    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."

  4. 4

    (academia) An instance or event as a topic of study.

    "The teaching consists of theory lessons and case studies."

verb
  1. 1

    To propose hypothetical cases.

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