noun Download 🔗Share An actual event, situation, or fact. Examples : "For a change, in this case, he was telling the truth." situation event Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A given condition or state. Examples : ""In many cases of the flu, people experience a high fever and body aches." " condition state Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A piece of work, specifically defined within a profession. Examples : "The social worker managed five cases this week, each involving families needing different kinds of support. " job business work Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share (academia) An instance or event as a topic of study. Examples : "The teaching consists of theory lessons and case studies." education event Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A legal proceeding, lawsuit. Examples : "The lawyer is handling several cases related to car accidents. " law government Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share (grammar) A specific inflection of a word depending on its function in the sentence. Examples : "The accusative case canonically indicates a direct object. Latin has six cases, and remnants of a seventh." grammar linguistics language Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share (grammar) Grammatical cases and their meanings taken either as a topic in general or within a specific language. Examples : "Jane has been studying case in Caucasian languages. Latin is a language that employs case." grammar linguistics language Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share An instance of a specific condition or set of symptoms. Examples : "There were another five cases reported overnight." medicine condition disease biology physiology Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A section of code representing one of the actions of a conditional switch. Examples : ""The program uses different cases to determine the student's grade based on their score range; for example, one case handles scores between 90 and 100." " computing technical logic Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To propose hypothetical cases. Examples : "During the ethics debate, the students cased several difficult scenarios to challenge each other's reasoning. " theory philosophy logic mind Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A box that contains or can contain a number of identical items of manufacture. Examples : "The warehouse worker loaded three cases of soda onto the delivery truck. " item business industry Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A box, sheath, or covering generally. Examples : "a case for spectacles; the case of a watch" item thing Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A piece of luggage that can be used to transport an apparatus such as a sewing machine. Examples : "My grandmother brought her sewing machine in a special case for the craft fair. " item machine utensil Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share An enclosing frame or casing. Examples : "a door case; a window case" item thing structure Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A suitcase. Examples : "The porter loaded the cases onto the luggage carousel. " item thing Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A piece of furniture, constructed partially of transparent glass or plastic, within which items can be displayed. Examples : "The museum displayed ancient artifacts in glass cases to protect them from dust and damage. " architecture building item structure utensil property Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The outer covering or framework of a piece of apparatus such as a computer. Examples : "The computer cases in the lab are all the same color: gray. " technology computing electronics machine part device Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A shallow tray divided into compartments or "boxes" for holding type, traditionally arranged in sets of two, the "upper case" (containing capitals, small capitals, accented) and "lower case" (small letters, figures, punctuation marks, quadrats, and spaces). Examples : "The printer carefully organized the metal letters into the cases, separating the capital letters into the upper case and the small letters into the lower case. " type writing language technical Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share (by extension) The nature of a piece of alphabetic type, whether a “capital” (upper case) or “small” (lower case) letter. Examples : "The software automatically changed all the text to lower cases. " grammar type language writing linguistics Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Four of a kind. Examples : "Maria got very excited when she saw her hand - she had cases of queens! " game number Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A unit of liquid measure used to measure sales in the beverage industry, equivalent to 192 fluid ounces. Examples : "The restaurant sold 10 cases of bottled water during the summer. " drink business amount unit industry Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A small fissure which admits water into the workings. Examples : "The old mine was abandoned because of the increasing number of cases, making it too dangerous and expensive to pump out the water. " technical geology environment structure Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A thin layer of harder metal on the surface of an object whose deeper metal is allowed to remain soft. Examples : "The inexpensive wrench broke easily because it only had thin cases of hardened steel on its surface, and the metal underneath was too soft. " material technical Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A cardboard box that holds (usually 24) beer bottles or cans. Examples : "a single case of Bud Light" drink item food Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To place (an item or items of manufacture) into a box, as in preparation for shipment. Examples : "The workers case the finished toys into cardboard boxes before sending them to stores. " business commerce industry job technical process Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To cover or protect with, or as if with, a case; to enclose. Examples : "I carefully case my grandmother's antique teacups in bubble wrap before putting them in the moving box. " utility item wear technology Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To survey (a building or other location) surreptitiously, as in preparation for a robbery. Examples : "The thieves carefully cased the jewelry store for weeks before planning the heist. " police action property Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
