case

Pronunciation: US [keɪs] UK [keɪs]

Definitions in English

n.	1. an example or instance of something; an instance of a disease; a person with a disease 2. a situation or set of conditions, especially one involving a particular person or thing 3. a legal matter that will be decided in a court; a crime that the police are trying to solve; the evidence and arguments that one side can use against the other in a law court 4. a set of facts and arguments that you can state for or against something 5. a situation or person to be dealt with, often by an official 6. a container or cover for keeping or protecting something; a piece of furniture made of wood and glass in which objects are shown in a store or museum; a container for holding a large number of separate things, especially bottles, or the things in the container; a suitcase 7. a form of a noun, adjective, or pronoun in some languages that shows its relationship in grammar to other words in a sentence
v.	1. if a criminal cases a place, such as a bank, they watch it and look around it to help them plan their crime
abbr.	1. [ Computer](= computer- aided software engineering)

By caase of fortune.
Source: Caxton
I you recount a ruefull cace.
Source: Spenser
They seem'd almost, with staring on one another, to tear the cases of their eyes.
Source: Winter's Tale,Shakespeare
Cloth cases..for binding the volume will be issued with the December number.
Source: Oxford English Dictionary
They case their limbs in brass; to arms they run.
Source: Pope
Bones of seals, walrus, and whalessall now cased in ice.
Source: E. K. Kane
A brick wall..cased with stone.
Source: J. Gwilt