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Definition: Case

Case

Noun

1. (law) 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".

2. 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".

3. A special set of circumstances; "in that event, the first possibility is excluded"; "it may rain in which case the picnic will be canceled".

4. A problem requiring investigation; "Perry Mason solved the case of the missing heir".

5. The actual state of things; "that was not the case".

6. A statement of facts and reasons used to support an argument; "he stated his case clearly".

7. A portable container for carrying several objects; "the musicians left their instrument cases backstage".

8. 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".

9. A person requiring professional services; "a typical case was the suburban housewife described by a marriage counselor".

10. : the quantity contained in a case.

11. : a glass container used to store and display items in a shop or museum or home.

12. : a specific state of mind that is temporary; "a case of the jitters".

13. : nouns or pronouns or adjectives (often marked by inflection) related in some way to other words in a sentence.

14. : the housing or outer covering of something; "the clock has a walnut case".

15. : a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities); "a strange character"; "a friendly eccentric"; "the capable type"; "a mental case".

16. : an enveloping structure or covering enclosing an animal or plant organ or part.

17. : the enclosing frame around a door or window opening; "the casings had rotted away and had to be replaced".

18. : bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow; "the burglar carried his loot in a pillowcase".

Verb

1. Look over, usually with the intention to rob; "They men cased the housed".

2. Enclose in, or as if in, a case "my feet were encased in mud.".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "case" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1200. (references)

Etymology: Case \Case\ (k[=a]s), noun. [Old French casse, French caisse (compare to Italian cassa), from Latin capsa chest, box, case, from capere to take, hold. See Capacious, and compare to 4th Chase, Cash, Enchase, 3d Sash.]. (references)

 

Specialty Definition: Case

DomainDefinition

Computing

CASE 1. Computer Aided Software Engineering. 2. Common Application Service Element. case 1. switch statement. 2. Whether a character is a capital letter ("upper case" - ABC..Z) or a small letter ("lower case" - abc..z). The term case comes from the printing trade when the use of moving type was invented in the early Middle Ages (Caxton or Gutenberg?) and the letters for each font were stored in a box with two sections (or "cases"), the upper case was for the capital letters and the lower case was for the small letters. The Oxford Universal Dictionary of Historical Principles (Feb 1993, reprinted 1952) indicates that this usage of "case" (as the box or frame used by a compositor in the printing trade) was first used in 1588. (1996-03-01). Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.

Census

(Computer Aided Software Engineering) The use of software packages that aid in developing all phases of an information system including analysis, design, and programming. (references)

Chemistry

A metal plate to which is attached a layer of wax to serve as a matrix. Source: European Union. (references)

Electrical Engineering

The external covering of insulating material of a dry cell, closed at the bottom. Source: European Union. (references)
 The outer part of an encapsulation, often provided with means for fixing it to a heat sink. Source: European Union. (references)
 The elements are placed in cells in the battery --. Source: European Union. (references)

Engineering & Technology

In domestic commerce, -- usually refers to a box made from corrugated or solid fibreboard, wood or metal. Source: European Union. (references)

Language

A grammatical categorie of a noun, or similarly inflected word such as a pronoun or adjective, indicating its relationship to other words in a sentence. Source: European Union. (references)

Law

A statement of facts involving a question for discussion or decision; as, the lawyer for the defendant stated the --. Source: European Union. (references)

Literature

Case (To). To skin an animal. In the Cookery by Mrs. Glasse is the direction, "Take your hare when it is cased, ... and make a pudding ..." The witticism, "First catch your hare," may possibly have been suggested by this direction, but it is not in the Art of Cookery made Plain and Easy. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

Mechanical Engineering

The essential parts of a centrifugal pump are a rotating member with blades or vanes and a -- surrounding it. Source: European Union. (references)
 A rigid enclosure containing moving machine parts. Source: European Union. (references)

Mining

A. A small fissure, admitting water into the mine workings. b. One of the frames, of four pieces of plank each, placed side by side to form a continuous lining in galleries run in loose earth c. To line a borehole with steel tubing, such as casing or pipe. Syn:case in d. In a ferrous alloy, the outer portion that has been made harder thanthe inner portion, or core, by casehardening. (references)

Publishing & Graphic Arts

Outside of a document in a material suitable for its protection. Source: European Union. (references)

Slang in 1811

CASE. A house; perhaps from the Italian CASA. In the canting lingo it meant store or ware house, as well as a dwelling house. Tout that case; mark or observe that house. It is all bob, now let's dub the gig of the case; now the coast is clear, let us brea. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Definition: Case

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Case can mean :

Notable persons by the name Case:

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CASE

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

CASE: Acronym for computer-aided software engineering, computer-aided systems engineering. Software used for the automated development of systems software, i.e. , computer code.

Note 1: CASE functions include analysis, design, and programming.

Note 2: CASE tools automate methods for designing, documenting, and producing structured computer code in the desired programming language. Typical CASE tools are:

Source: from Federal Standard 1037C

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "CASE."

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Case (orthography)

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

In orthography and typography, case is the distinction between majuscule (capital, uppercase) and minuscule (lowercase) letters. Only alphabetic writing systems have case, and not all of them. Examples are the modern Greek, Latin, Cyrillic, and Armenian alphabets.

If an alphabet has case, all or nearly all letters have both a majuscule and minuscule form. Both forms in each pair are considered to be the same letter: they have the same name, same pronunciation, and will be treated identically when sorting in alphabetical order. Languages have capitalisation rules to determine whether majuscules or minuscules are to be used in a given context.

An example of a letter without both forms is the German ß (ess-tsett), which exists only in minuscule. When capitalized it becomes two letters, "SS". This is because ß was originally a ligature of the two letters "ſs", both of which become "S" when capitalized. It evolved into a letter in its own right. (ß is occasionally referred to as a ligature of "sz", which recalls the way this consonant was pronounced in some medieval German dialects. The original pronunciation and the spelling "sz" are preserved in Hungarian.)

The distinction between hiragana and katakana in Japanese is similar to, but not the same as, case. The hiragana and katakana for the same sound are not considered two forms of the same letter. If a word is written with hiragana, it is not normally considered correct to write it with katakana, and vice versa.

The term case derives from early printers' jargon. The individual type blocks used in hand typesetting are stored in wooden or metal cases, sorted by letter. For an alphabet that uses majuscules and minuscules, typesetters need two cases at hand, one for each form. Historically, these were placed one above another on a rack on the typesetter's desk. The upper case contained majuscules, the lower case had the minuscules.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Case (orthography)."

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Declension

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

In linguistics, declension is a feature of inflected languages: the changing of a noun to indicate its grammatical role. This is seen, for example, in Latin. In English language, the same task is now accomplished with word order, though a few remnants of an older declined form of English still exist (e.g. the words "who" and "whom").

In inflected languages, nouns are said to decline into different forms, or morphological cases. Morphological cases are one way of indicating grammatical case; other ways are listed below.

Languages are categorized into several case systems, based on how they group verb agents and patients into cases:

The following are systems that some languages use to mark case instead of, or in addition to, declension: See Nominative case, Accusative case, Dative case, Ergative case, Absolutive case, Genitive case, Vocative case, Partitive case, Inessive case, Elative case, Illative case, Adessive case, Allative case, Ablative case, Essive case, Translative case, Instructive case, Abessive case, Comitative case, Prolative case, Locative case, Possessive case, Instrumental case.

Some languages have more than 20 cases. For an example of a language that uses a large number of cases, view the "Cases" section in the Finnish language grammar article.

Some languages have different declension for different classes of nouns, e.g. persons, animals, things.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Declension."

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List of United States Supreme Court cases

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Please see the legal disclaimer if you are looking for legal advice. This is a chronological list of notable cases decided by the Supreme Court of the United States.

1790-1819

1820-1839

1840-1859

1860-1879

1880-1899

1900-1919

1920-1939

1940-1959

1960-1979

1980-1999

2000-present

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: Case

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
EntrySourceExpressionField

CASE

DutchCASE-functieComputing

CASE

EnglishCommon application service elementComputing

CASE

Frenchélément de service commun à la couche applicationComputing

CASE

GermanGemeinsames Anwendungs-Service-ElementComputing

CASE

ItalianIngegnerizzazione del software tramite computerComputing
CAMACEnglishCase based hospital Management and Clinical evaluation in EuropeN/A

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Synonyms: Case

Synonyms: caseful (n), casing (n), causa (n), cause (n), character (n), display case (n), eccentric (n), event (n), example (n), grammatical case (n), guinea pig (n), instance (n), lawsuit (n), pillow slip (n), pillowcase (n), sheath (n), shell (n), showcase (n), slip (n), subject (n), suit (n), type (n), encase (v). (additional references)
Synonym by domain: in-box (mechanical engineering).

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Synonyms within Context: Case

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Business

Noun: business, occupation, employment; pursuit; what one is doing, what one is about; affair, concern, matter, case.

Covering

Verb: cover; superpose, superimpose; overlay, overspread; wrap; encase, incase; face, case, veneer, pave, paper; tip, cap, bind; bulkhead, bulkhead in; clapboard.

Capsule; sheath, sheathing; pod, cod; casing, case, theca; elytron; elytrum; involucrum; wrapping, wrapper; envelope, vesicle; corn husk, corn shuck; dermatology, conchology; testaceology.

Disease

Martyr to disease; cripple; " the halt the lame and the blind"; valetudinary, valetudinarian; invalid, patient, case; sickroom, sick-chamber.

Grammar

Noun: grammar, accidence, syntax, praxis, punctuation; parts of speech; jussive; syllabication; inflection, case, declension, conjugation; us et norma loquendi; Lindley Murray; (schoolbook); correct style, philology; (language). Verb: parse, punctuate, syllabicate.

Idea

Subject, subject matter; matter, theme, gr/noemata/gr, topic, what it is about, thesis, text, business, affair, matter in hand, argument; motion, resolution; head, chapter; case, point; proposition, theorem; field of inquiry; moot point, problem; (question).

Inclosure

Noun: inclosure, envelope; case; (receptacle); wrapper; girdle.

Reasoning,

Argument; case, plaidoyer, opening; lemma, proposition, terms, premises, postulate, data, starting point, principle; inference; (judgment).

Receptacle

Chest, box, coffer, caddy, case, casket, pyx, pix, caisson, desk, bureau, reliquary; trunk, portmanteau, band-box, valise; grip, grip sack; skippet, vasculum; boot, imperial; vache; cage, manger, rack.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Case

English words defined with "case": ablative case, Action on the case, All a casecase agreement, Case at bar, charity case, cigarette casedispatch case, Dressing casegenitive case, glasses case, gun casein any case, in case, In case that, instrumental case, Irreducible casejust in caseletter case, locative case, lower caseMoot caseOblique casePossessive case, Put caseShow caseTo put a case, trophy caseupper casevocative caseWatch case, welfare case. (references)
Specialty definitions using "case": Algorithmic Test Case Generationblock and case makercase and paste, case assembler, case based reasoning, case body, CASE Data Interchange Format, CASE FINISHER, Case Forms, CASE framework, case hardener, case insensitive, Case Integration Services, case liner, CASE PACKER AND SEALER, CASE PREPARER-AND-LINER, case report, case sensitive, case sensitivity, case series, CASE SOAP III, case statement, case supervisor, CASE tools, CASE VROWdetonator casefold caseplunger case, Possessive Caseshelved case, smash case, statement of case. (references)
Etymologies containing "case": Why. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Case" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

French (compartment, frame, hut, pigeonhole, shack, shebang, small house, Square), Italian (homes, houses), Manx (case), Portuguese (marry).

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Modern Usage: Case

DomainUsage

Screenplays

If you win this case, justice will prevail, and if you lose, justice will also prevail (A Time to Kill; writing credit: Akiva Goldsman)

Somebody who sold you to Humble Pie for fifty bucks and a case of beer (Almost Famous; writing credit: Cameron Crowe)

She has her doctorate in speech impedimentology from Case Western (Being John Malkovich; writing credit: Charlie Kaufman)

Oh, they've been keeping me really busy on this case. They're trying to work me to death out there (Enemy of the State; writing credit: David Marconi)

They do things like that, in case the other enticements don't work (The Firm; writing credit: David Rabe)

Lyrics

Take your lies get off my case (Loser; performing artist: 3 Doors Down)

You stated your case time and again (Head Over Feet; performing artist: Alanis Morissette)

Classic case of boy meets girl (Every Heartbeat; performing artist: Amy Grant)

Guess that I am just a hopeless case (Can't Get Used To Losing You; performing artist: Andy Williams)

But that wasn't the case (Losing Grip; performing artist: AVRIL LAVIGNE)

Clever

Drunk Gets Nine Months in Violin Case (references; author: unknown)

Don't give up. Moses was once a basket case! (references; author: unknown)

Always keep your words soft and sweet, just in case you have to eat them. (references; author: unknown)

Nothing seems to bring on an emergency as quickly as putting money aside in case of one. (references; author: unknown)

Movie/TV Titles

A Case of Eggs: Episode 1 (1974)

Case of the Full Moon Murders (1974)

Brock's Last Case (1973)

Case Study: Regina vs Brown (1973)

The Case of Laura C. (1972)

Song Titles

Just In Case (performing artist: Jaheim)

Case of the Ex (performing artist: Mya)

Bad Case of Loving You (Doctor, Doctor) (performing artist: Robert Palmer)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Case

DomainTitle

References

  • Case Corporation: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

    (more reference examples)

  

Books

  • Scenting Evil: Crime Fiction from the Case Files of a Crime-Solving Clairvoyant (reference)

  • Opportunity from Strength: Strategic Planning Clarified With Case Examples (Ashe-Eric Higher Education Report 8, 1987) (reference)

  • Local Organizational Adaptations to Climactic Change: The Last Glacial Maximum in Central Europe and the Case of Grubgraben (Lower Austria) (reference)

  • Make Them Go Away: Clint Fastwood, Christopher Reeve and the Case Against Disability Rights (reference)

  • The Case Against Hillary Clinton (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

  

Theater & Movies

  • The Monkees, Vol. 15: The Chaperone/The Case of the Missing Monkee (reference)

    (more DVD examples; more video examples)

  

Music

  

High Tech

  

Consumer Goods

  • Bosch 1295DVSK 5" Variable Speed Random Orbit Palm Sander with Case (reference)

  • Occidental Leather 8503 Cell Phone Case (reference)

  • Plumb-It PSC-4.0 Cordura Soft Level Case for Plumb-It Extendable Level PIX-4.0 (reference)

  • Plumb-It PSC-5.0 Cordura Soft Level Case for Plumb-It Extendable Level PIX-5.0 (reference)

  • Plumb-It PSC-6.0 Cordura Soft Level Case for Plumb-It Extendable Level PIX-6.0 (reference)

    (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Case

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Photo Album: Case

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Pictured is a lab setting. There are four scientists all seated and looking through at a four-headed microscope. They are all wearing white lab coats. The simultaneous examination of tissue from a difficult case assists pathologists in their diagnosis. Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer).

PET scans at the level of the basal ganglia of a normal control (1) case 1 at the start (2) and after treatment with AZT (3). In (1) there is a homogeneous pattern of glucose metabolism in the frontal, temporal and occipital cortex and in the subcortical grey matter. At the onset of treatment with AZT (2) there is a heterogeneous pattern of glucose metabolism with a relative reduction in the posterior temporal and occipital regions and the thalamus. Thirteen weeks after treatment with AZT, the abnormal pattern has partly resolved (3). All images are scaled from zero to 100% of the maximum activity within the slice (scale shown on right of figure). Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.

Child with last case of variola major, Bangladesh. Credit: CDC.

Buboes are due to the swelling of lymph nodes after they've absorbed infective material as seen here in a case of plague. Credit: CDC.

The saying "X" marks the spot holds true in this Hubble telescope image. In this case, X ... Credit: NASA.

Monterey Bay Case Study - Photo #1 First recorded soundings in Monterey Bay Surveyed by Don Miguel de Costanso - only 17 soundings. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Checking the angles - Wild T-2 theodolite carrying case in right foreground. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

Power block operator monitors the net as it comes aboard. If need be, he will stop the net in case of a problem. Credit: Fisheries.

Tom Furrer, the high school teacher, began the United Anglers of Case Grande as a way to actively engage students. Tom Furrer and another volunteer work to clean parts of the creek. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

Figure 46 (cont.) Shaeffer and Budenberg recording manometer, mechanism above, recording graph below. The instrument is within an enclosed case which is acted upon by water pressure. An amplification mechanism transmits the displacement to a pen which records the corresponding depth on a gridded sheet. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Digital Photo Gallery: Case
 

"Case example" by Jamez Picard
Commentary: "Case study in a book."
"Disc and blank case" by Craig Young
Commentary: "Blank case and disc. Insert anything you like onto the case."

Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

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Sounds Captioned with "Case".

PlayCaption
Hot under the collar; anxious; afraid; aghast; antsy; apprehensive; basket case; bugged; butterflies; careful; choked; clutched; concerned; disquieted; distressed; disturbed; dreading; fearful; fidgety; fretful; hacked; hyper; in suspense; jittery; jumpy.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Familiar Quotations: Case

AuthorQuotation

Abraham Lincoln

As our case is new, we must think and act anew.

Edmund Burke

I know many have been taught to think that moderation in a case like this, is a sort of treason.

Horace

Scholars dispute and the case is still before the courts.

Leonardo Da Vinci

The function of muscle is to pull and not to push, except in the case of the genitals and the tongue.

Samuel Daniel

Princes in this case do hate the traitor, though they love the treason.

Seneca

He who decides a case without hearing the other side, though he decide justly, cannot be considered just.

St. Augustine

Roma locuta est, causa finita est. (Rome has spoken, the case is ended.)

Thomas Middleton

As the case stands.

William James

Our faith is faith in someone else's faith, and in the greatest matters this is most the case.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Historic Usage: Case

AuthorDateQuotation

John Locke

1690

There is a common distinction of an express and a tacit consent, which will concern our present case. (Second Treatise of Government)

US Constitution

1791

In every Case, after the Choice of the President, the Person having the greatest Number of Votes of the Electors shall be the Vice President. (reference)

US Bill of Rights

1795

Amendment V. No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation. (reference)

Amendment to US Constitution

1795-1992

And if the House of Representatives shall not choose a President whenever the right of choice shall devolve upon them, before the fourth day of March next following, then the Vice-President shall act as President, as in case of the death or other constitutional disability of the President. (reference)

Marbury v. Madison

1803

Neither is it necessary in such a case as this, to enable the court to exercise its appellate jurisdiction. (reference)

Communist Manifesto

1848

In either case, it is both reactionary and Utopian. (reference)

The Emancipation Proclamation

1862

And I hereby enjoin upon the people so declared to be free to abstain from all violence, unless in necessary self-defence; and I recommend to them that, in all case when allowed, they labor faithfully for reasonable wages. (Abraham Lincoln)

Treaty of Versailles

1919

In every case the accused will be entitled to name his own counsel. (reference)

Winston S. Churchill

1946

Police governments are prevailing in nearly every case, and so far, except in Czechoslovakia, there is no true democracy. ("Iron Curtain" Speech)

United Nations

1948

These rights and freedoms may in no case be exercised contrary to the purposes and principles of the United Nations. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: Case

TitleAuthorQuote

Emma

Austen, Jane

But the case is altered now.

Contact

Carl Sagan

In the unlikely case we can't make up our minds, they're temporarily only guerrillas

Four Riddles

Carroll, Lewis

In this case the first stanza describes the two main words

A Christmas Carol

Dickens, Charles

The case of this unhappy man might be my own.

Scarlet Letter

Hawthorne, Nathaniel

If the imaginative faculty refused to act at such an hour, it might well be deemed a hopeless case.

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

This being the case, when a convent was found on our path, we were compelled to penetrate it.

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Joyce, James

In the vestry a plump freshfaced jesuit and an elderly man, in shabby blue clothes, were dabbling in a case of paints and chalks

Grapes of Wrath

Steinbeck, John

Tools on the bottom, but handy to reach in case of a breakdown

Gulliver's Travels

Swift, Jonathan

Now in this case I who am the right owner lie under two great disadvantages

Walden

Thoreau, Henry David

There is no stopping to read the riot act, no firing over the heads of the mob, in this case.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Case

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Huntington disease is a case in point. (references)

In 2000, a laboratory acquired case occurred. (references)

Encephalofacial angiomatosis - report of a case. (references)

Business

In neither case did permanent job loss result. (references)

Risk assessments are performed on a case by case basis. (references)

In December 1984, the first AIDS case was identified in Taiwan. (references)

Children

Guatemala

Because the accused worked for Sosa, the latter recused himself from the case. (references)

Guatemala

On June 26, Judge Paiz shelved the case and lifted all constraints on Barrientos. (references)

Guatemala

Poroj continued to threaten the father, but also offered him a bribe to drop the case. (references)

Civil Liberties

Yemen

Amer's lawyer appealed the case. (references)

Colombia

There have been no arrests in this case. (references)

Mexico

The CNDH began an investigation of that case. (references)

Economic History

Belgium

Its provisions include arbitration in the case of disputes. (references)

Guinea

This is applicable in the case of taxation and market access. (references)

Tunisia

LOCAL OWNERSHIP IS REQUIRED IN THE CASE OF AGRICULTURAL LAND. (references)

Human Rights

Russia

Evidence in the case is secret. (references)

Guatemala

The judges did not close the case. (references)

Switzerland

The MPC allows the appeal of any case. (references)

Indigenous People

Malaysia

Hearings on the case ended in March. (references)

Malaysia

A verdict on the case had not been announced by year's end. (references)

Guatemala

In June four persons were detained in El Estor as suspects in a homicide case. (references)

Minorities

Argentina

INADI was investigating the case. (references)

Czech Republic

Her case was pending at year's end. (references)

Romania

The perpetrator was identified in only one case. (references)

Political Economy

SPAIN

The Spanish Constitutional Court has accepted the case for review. (references)

CANADA

North Dakota has requested a delay in the final determination of this case. (references)

KUWAIT

In such cases, tariff reviews and determinations are done on a case by case basis. (references)

Political Rights

Latvia

The case had not been heard by year's end. (references)

Belgium

The district court held that it was not competent to hear the case. (references)

Zimbabwe

The ZANU-Ndonga opposition party initiated a case challenging the results in one constituency. (references)

Trade

Pakistan

Imports from India are a special case. (references)

Thailand

The same time frame as the above case is allowed. (references)

Venezuela

Stickers are allowed in the case of imported products. (references)

Travel

Uzbekistan

Women do not need to cover their heads, as is the case in some Muslim countries. (references)

Cote D'ivoire

A guarantee may be made by an authorized organization, however, in which case no deposit is required. (references)

Kenya

As would be the case in most markets, a vigorous and sustained promotion is often needed to launch products. (references)

Women

Ghana

The CHRAJ was investigating the case at year's end. (references)

Palau

A case against a Philippine citizen was pending at year's end. (references)

Fiji

Only one case in the last 5 years has been sent to the High Court. (references)

Worker Rights

Lithuania

Several other victims were witnesses in the case. (references)

Morocco

The owner's daughter also was charged in the case. (references)

Brazil

Interpol is working in cooperation with the authorities to investigate the case. (references)

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

TRINITY, n. In the multiplex theism of certain Christian churches, three entirely distinct deities consistent with only one. Subordinate deities of the polytheistic faith, such as devils and angels, are not dowered with the power of combination, and must urge individually their clames to adoration and propitiation. The Trinity is one of the most sublime mysteries of our holy religion. In rejecting it because it is incomprehensible, Unitarians betray their inadequate sense of theological fundamentals. In religion we believe only what we do not understand, except in the instance of an intelligible doctrine that contradicts an incomprehensible one. In that case we believe the former as a part of the latter.

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Spoken Usage: Case

SpeakerPhrase(s)

Alexander Benedetto

There you have privy counsel attorneys. They have a different legal system where they have barristers and solicitors. But the barrister will be presenting the case before the House of Lords of five-judge panel.

Bob Woodward

That indeed is the case. Robin Cook, you have to salute any resignation on principle because it's so rare. It just doesn't happen that often.

Dominick Dunne

Well, I know that the Levys have now brought Dr. Henry Lee in, and I even think Michael Baden could be involved in that case as well.

Erin Runnion

Right, right. Well, you know, I didn't want cameras in the courtroom because this case isn't just murder.

John Hartmann

I'm not sure how the rules are phrased, but in this case the social worker didn't tell them, the police didn't tell them and I asked the social worker who screened me and them and everybody before I was admitted to the room.

Katie Couric

Not necessarily. I really don't. I think that women have made so many strides in broadcasting, and we're doing so well in a lot of regards. So I don't really think that's necessarily the case.

Lin Wood

Never worked for the Ramseys. Never received a dime form the Ramseys. He worked for the Boulder police department and he's been working the case on his own since then.

Mark Geragos

Supervised probation means you have a probation officer. The probation officer will tell you to do this or do that or will supervise, in this case, community service.

Robert Shapiro

I came into the case, and I went to Washington. And I started talking to political leaders. And eventually, we were able to get the support of then Majority Leader Trent Lott, who sent the letter to Attorney General Ashcroft.

Rush Limbaugh

John Muhammad, who police arrested along with another man in the sniper case, served as a security guard at the Million Man March.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Speeches: Case

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

George Washington

1789-1797To listen to mere speculation in such a case were criminal.

Thomas Jefferson

1801-1809In adverting to this subject Congress will perhaps consider whether the best limitation on the Executive discretion in this case would not be by the # of sea men which may be employed in the whole service rather than by the # of vessels.

James Madison

1809-1817I will state an instance which I think in point, and proves that this might be the case.

James Monroe

1817-1825Our preparations for defense in case of future wars, from which, by the experience of all nations, we ought not to expect to be exempted, are advancing under a well-digested system with all the dispatch which so important a work will admit.

Andrew Jackson

1829-1837With the aid of Congress, in a few years the Government will be prepared in case of emergency to put afloat a powerful navy of new ships almost as soon as old ones could be repaired.

Abraham Lincoln

1861-1865If a minority in such case will secede rather than acquiesce, they make a precedent which in turn will divide and ruin them, for a minority of their own will secede from them whenever a majority refuses to be controlled by such minority.

Benjamin Harrison

1889-1893This act of justice has been unreasonably delayed in the case of some of them.

Jimmy Carter

1977-1981The City controls more of its own destiny than was the case four years ago.

Ronald Reagan

1981-1989Only in this case, it's not flattery, but grand larceny--the intellectual theft of ideas that you and I recognize as our own.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Case

"Case" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.95% of the time. "Case" is used about 42,900 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)99.95%42,879192
Conjunction (subordinating)0.03%1397,576
                    Total100.00%42,900N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: Case

The following table summarizes the usage of "case" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.
NameUsage/GenderUsage per 100
million Persons
Rank in USA
CaseLast name15,000813
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Derived & Related Names: Case

The following table summarizes names derived from the word "case".
 
NameGenderLanguageMeaning
EltekethN/ABiblical

The case of God

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

 

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Usage in Company Names: Case

CountryName
USA

Case Corporation

 (more examples...)

Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.

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Expressions: Case

Expressions using "case": a case in point A hard case ablative case accusative case act in a case Action on the case adjudicate a case affirmative case air case air case buoyancy tank algorithmic Test Case Generation All a case alter the case antitrust case appeal a case as the case may be at that case attache case bad case bandage case basket case be the case bill case binocular case borderline case bottles case Brain case brief case Burial case camel case camera case cartridge case Case agreed on case agreement case and paste Case at bar case based reasoning case body case book case comparison study case compeer study case Data Interchange Format Case divinity case ending case fatality ratio case file case framework case harden case hardening case history case in case in point case insensitive case Integration Services case knife case law Case lawyer case load case low Case Management case of drawing instruments case of illness case of insubordination case of life or death case of need case reference study case referent study case report case sensitive case sensitivity case series case shot case SOAP III Case stated case statement case study Case system case the joint case timber case tools case wood case work case worker case worm certified mental case charity case cigar case cigarette case cigarettes case civil case common case cot case cotton case to cover a blanket court case crank case criminal case custody case dative case decided case dispatch case display case. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "case": case-accurate, case-based, Case-bay, case-bound, case-by-case, case-by-case, case-clock, case-conference, case-conferences, CASE-CONTROL, Case-Control Studies, case-controlled, case-definition, case-definitions, case-detection, case-example, case-fatality, case-file, case-files, case-finding, case-flow, case-forms, case-frame, case-handling, case-hardened, case-hardened steel, case-hardening, case-hardening steel, case-histories, case-history, case-inflexions, case-in-point, case-labelled, Case-law, case-laws, case-lid, case-load, case-loads, case-managed, case-management, case-manager, case-mix, case-notes, case-officer, case-record, case-report, case-reports, case-room, case-rooms, case-sensitive, case-specific, case-studies, case-study, case-to-case, case-winning, case-work.

Ending with "case": best-case, brief-case, cigar-case, cost-per-case, day-case, dressing-case, long-case, non-case, nut-case, pencil-case, pillow-case, single-case, test-case, upper-case, worst-case.

Containing "case": in-case-of-fire, long-case clock, lower-case letter, Meta-CASE tool, upper-case letter.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Case

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

computer case

3,736

atx case

433

case

2,285

case management

412

camera case

2,006

case study

394

book case

2,002

case law

372

display case

1,123

case western reserve university

371

cd case

1,035

gun case

366

pc case

894

cigarette case

347

dvd case

714

case mods

346

pda and case

710

case logic

332

jewel case

652

case 1394

323

case knife

623

legal case

305

laptop case

622

5.25 case

302

case n

582

3.5 case

301

cd jewel case

569

case missouri net

301

cell phone case

566

2.5 case

300

pelican case

538

business case

293

court case

527

sharon case

285

supreme court case

493

custom computer case

283

case laci peterson

483

neko case

280

case tractor

478

notebook case

254
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Case

Language Translations for "case"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Afrikaans

  

saak (affair, business, business deal, matter), ding (affair, business, business deal, matter), affêring (affair, business, business deal, matter), affêre (affair, business, business deal, matter). (various references)

   

Albanian

  

pacient (patient), çantë (bag, brief bag, briefcase, carrier bag, kit bag, portfolio, satchel, string bag), ambalazhoj (encase, pack, package, wrap, wrap up), arkë (box, box office, cash desk, cash register, cashbox, checkout, chest, coffer, crate, hutch), e vërtetë (fact, real, reality, sooth, truth, Verity), fus në arkë, i sëmurë (ailing, bad, compulsive, diseased, down, ill, invalid, morbid, noisome, pathological, patient, seedy, sick, sufferer, unhealthy, unsound, unwell), këllëf (dustsheet, encasement, fiddle-case, jacket, rubber, scabbard, sheath, slip, slipcover, slipover, thimble, tip), këllëf shpate, këqyr (examine, inspect, poke about, probe, regard, scan, view), kapakë, karkasë (body, cadre, carcase, carcass, chassis, frame, shell, skeleton, yoke), kasë (coffer, safe, upright), çështje (affair, business, cause, concern, count, issue, matter, point, problem, question, shebang, subject), kuti (box, canister, casket, container, crate, receptacle, sandbank, Square, thriftbox, tray), valixhe (luggage, suitcase, travelling bag, trunk), person (beggar, body, chap, contact, dude, fella, fellow, fish, flesh and blood, guy, hand, individual, party, person, persona, personage, piece, subject), rasë (cassock, gown, habit, pinafore), rast (chance, circumstance, event, handle, happening, instance, matter, occasion, piece, place, possibility, scope), rast i veçantë, realitet (actuality, fact, matter of fact, outness, real, reality, substantiality), rrethanë (circumstance, consideration, development, factor, occasion), shembull (example, exemplar, exponent, instance, lead, mirror, model, number, paradigm, piece, rule, sample), shqyrtoj (analyse, analyze, assay, bolt, call, canvass, check, check over, debate, discuss, explore, inspect, investigate, look into, look over, look through, moot, peruse, process, scrutinize, see, see into, study, talk over, think out, traverse, vet, view), situatë (lie of the land, medium, situation), skelet (atomy, cadre, carcase, carcass, frame, framework, Mount, mounting, shell, skeleton, yoke), tip (bloke, cast, character, cove, cuss, denomination, dog, dude, exemplar, exponent, guy, joker, kind, lad, merchant, model, nature, persona, sort, type), trup (bodice, body, build, bulk, constitution, flesh, frame, personnel, shaft, staff), kornizë (casing, cornice, frame, Mount, mounting, picture frame, rack, sash, stretcher). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏حالة (circumstance, condition, conjuncture, drama, estate, event, feather, fettle, incident, job, manner, nick, occurrence, phase, picture, place, plight, pose, position, posture, rate, shape, situation, state, status, trim, way, weather, whack), ‏دعوي (claim, litigation, procedure, suit), ‏راقب (blue pencil, close, control, keep an eye on, look, look after, look on, mind, monitor, observe, overlook, oversee, proctor, spy, stake, superintend, supervise, tend, watch), ‏إصابة مرضية, ‏إطار (cadre, casement, casing, frame, framework, framing, rim, scope, setting, stretcher, surroundings), ‏الصندوق (box), ‏الحقيقة الواضحة, ‏الواقع, ‏خزانة (cabinet, closet, cupboard, locker, safe deposit, wardrobe), ‏صندوق (ark, bin, box, chest, container, crate, fund, hutch, kitty, locker, rack, receiver, till), ‏صندوق الأحرف, ‏درس (classes, consideration, din into, elaborate, examine, excogitate, go over, instruction, learn, learning, lecture, lesson, period, profess, read, read up, reading, study, talk over, teach, think out, tutor, view), ‏حادثة (accident, episode, event, fact, happening, incident, occasion, occurrence), حالة (state), ‏حالة تستحق الدرس, ‏حجة (allegation, argument, document, excuse, instrument, plea, pretence, pretension, pretext, proofing, reasoning), ‏غطى بغطاء (tilt), ‏حقيبة (bag, briefcase, carrier bag, handbag, mail, valise), ‏وضع حالة (condition, fettle, laid, placement, position, setting, stance, status), ‏وضع في صندوق (encase), ‏قضية (affair, business, cause, issue, matter, question), ‏مثل (act, adage, aphorism, appear, as, be a symbol for, be typical of, byword, depict, describe, example, exemplify, gnome, illustrate, illustration, instance, like, like this, maxim, perform, play, play act, portray, proverb, represent, saying, sculpt, show, stand before, stand for, such, such as, symbolize, typify), ‏مجموعة (aggregate, aggregation, assemblage, association, band, battery, bloc, block, body, collection, combination, community, company, compilation, complex, gathering, group, list, pack, party, series, set, squad, suit, system, team, troop), ‏مسألة (affair, issue, matter, problem, proposition, question, thing), ‏علبة خشبية. (various references)

   

Basque

  

kaxa (chest). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

каса (cash desk, cheek, chest, coffer, exchequer, packing case, pay desk, pay office), падеж (date of payment, maturity), падежен, папка (binder, file, folder, portfolio), подвързия за книга, покривам (bestride, cap, clothe, coat, cope, cover, cover up, deck, defray, do over, encase, encrust, enshroud, film, horse, invest, mantle, overcast, overlay, overlie, overspread, pave, pit, pustulate, sheet, surmount, vesture, wreathe), пример (calendar, example, exemplar, illustration, instance, lead, model, paradigm, pattern, piece, sample, type), болничен (ambulance, hospital), закривам (abolish, adjourn, cap, close down, cover, hide, intercept, liquidate, obscure, obstruct, shield, shroud, shut down, shut out), дело (act, action, affair, cause, deed, file, handiwork, life work, plea, suit), гилза (liner, shell, sleeve), състояние (capital, condition, fettle, fig, fortune, means, pile, plight, position, posture, repair, shape, state, substance, train, way), кожух (housing, jacket, mantle, sheath, shell, sleeve), кутия (box, cabinet, casing, container, housing), куфар (imperial, suitcase), чифт (brace, pair, twain), чанта (bag, holdall, receptacle, satchel), чудак (codger, crank, cure, eccentric, faddist, odd-ball, oddity, original, quiz, weirdie, weirdy), рамка на часовник, случай (call, chance, event, hazard, incident, occasion, thing, time), сандък (bin, box, chest, coffer, crib, hutch, packing case), затварям (cicatrize, close, constrain, douse, enclose, gaol, hem, house, immure, imprison, incarcerate, jail, latch, lock, lock up, mew, obturate, pen, prison, pull to, restrain, screw up, seal off, shut, shut away, shut in, shut up, stop, turn off). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

盒子 , (small box), (a wardrobe, cabinet), (cabinet, casket), 案情 (details of a case), 案件, (file, incident, record, table), 例子 (example, instance), (example, instance, precedent, rule), (envelope, letter), (cover, covering, sheath, to cover). (various references)

   

Czech

  

případ (episode, event, instance, occurrence, subject). (various references)

   

Danish

  

tilfælde (accidence, accident, affair, chance, hazard, matter), anliggende (affair, business, business deal, matter). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

zaak (affair, boutique, business, business deal, matter, shop, store, trade, transaction), geval (affair, chance, event, matter, occurence, opportunity), ding (affair, article, business, business deal, matter, object, thing, thingamajig, whatchamacallit), affaire (affair, business, business deal, matter), aangelegenheid (account, affair, business, business deal, concern, interest, matter). (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

kazo (afair, affair, matter), afero (affair, business, business deal, matter). (various references)

   

Faeroese

  

viðurskifti (affair, business, business deal, circumstance, matter, relation), tilburður (affair, business, business deal, matter, scene), søk (affair, business, business deal, matter), rættarmál (affair, business, business deal, matter), mál (affair, aim, business, business deal, goal, idiom, language, matter, problem, purpose, speech, target, tongue, trouble), fall (affair, fall, matter). (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

حالت (Attitude, Condition, Estate, Grain, If, Mood, Pose, Posture, Predicament, Self, Situation, Speed, Stance, State, Status, Temper, Temperament, Trim, Vein), دعوی (Claim, Lawsuit, Pretension, Quarrel), اتفاق (Accidence, Confederacy, Event, Federal, Fortuity, Hazard, Joinder, Occurrence, Unison), جا (Berth, Emplacement, House, Lieu, Locality, Location, Lodge, Place, Receptacle, Room, Seat, Site, Situation, Socket, Space, Station, Stead, Vacancy, Vacantness), جعبه (Box, Chest), جلد (Copy, Cover, Epidermis, Holster, Jacket, Nimble, Quick, Sheath, Sheathe, Shell, Skin, Tome, Volume, Yare), جلدکردن (Cover, Jacket), پوسته (Chaff, Cod, Cortex, Membrane, Shuck), وضعیت (Condition, Estate, Position, Qualification, Situation, Status), قاب (Pan), قالب (Cake, Cast, Model, Mold, Mould, Pat, Size, Standard), قضیه (Clause, Proposition, Theorem, Thesis), مرافعه (Cross, Lawsuit, Spat, Suit), موقعیت (Berth, Lie, Location, Occasion, Pertinence, Plot, Position, Situation), پوشاندن (Apparel, Blanket, Camouflage, Clothe, Coat, Cover, Emboss, Envelop, Immerse, Jacket, Line, Mask, Overcast, Sheath, Sheathe, Shroud, Submerge, Suffuse, Veil), صندوق (Bin, Box, Chest, Coffer, Trunk). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

suojus (casing, cover, guard, jacket, protector, screen, shelter, shield), sija (affair, matter, place, room, space), rasia (box), kuori (bark, chancel, choir, crust, fruit skin, hull, husk, jacket, peel, shell), kotelo (chrysa|lis, container holster), asia (affair, business, business deal, cause, concern, errand, matter, message, thing). (various references)

   

French

  

cas (the case), affaire, coffret (canteen, casket), chose, CAUSE (cause), caisse (cash desk, cash register, cashier's stand), boîte (can, canister), étui. (various references)

   

Frisian

  

oangelegenheid (affair, business, business deal, matter), kwestje (affair, business, business deal, matter), gefal (affair, matter), fal (affair, fall, matter), affearen (affair, business, business deal, matter). (various references)

   

German

  

fall (affair, chance, downfall, drop, event, eventuality, failure, fall, halyard, instance, matter, occurence, opportunity, tumble), gehäuse (box, cabinet, cage, casing, chassis, core, holder, housing, housings, package, pod, shell, socket), angelegenheit (affair, business, business deal, concern, issue, matter, pidgin), sache (affair, article of property, Business, business deal, cause, concern, job, matter, object, question, subject, thing), koffer (bag, bags, chest, suitcase, trunk, trunks), kasus (surface case), Kasten (barn, barrack, bin, box, cabinet, castes, chest, coffer, crate, drawer, goal, heavyweight, hutch, showcase, tub), Fach (branch, compartment, department, field, mode, panel, pigeonhole, pocket, section, shelf, speciality, subject, trade), Verkleiden (box in, cover, disguise, dress up, encase, face, line, mask, panel, put into fancy dress, to disguise, wainscot), kiste (box, bus, chest, contraption, crate, crock, hutch, jalopy, packing case, sack, tub), einband (binding, book cover, cover). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

θήκη (cap, casing, crown, holder, receptacle, scabbard, sheath), κιβώτιο (box, chest, container, trunk), πτώση (abatement, collapse, decline, downswing, drop, fall, flop, loss, overthrow, precipitation, recession, slums), υπόθεση (affair, assumption, business, cause, concern, conjecture, hypothesis, matter, premise, presumption, shebang, supposition). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

מקרה (accident, chance, contingency, event, fate, hap, happening, incident, lot, occasion, occurrence), מגרה (drawer, irritating, itchy), תיק (bag, box, dossier, file, folder, portfolio, satchel), תבה (box, chest, crate, tidy), תרמיל (bag, haversack, satchel, shell), קופסה (box), פרשה (affair, charter, episode, history, section), עובדה (act, deed, fact, occurrence), ענין (affair, business, concern, context, interest, matter, shebang, stake, subject, thing), ארגז (box, chest, crate), נדן (scabbard, sheath), נרתיק (holster, sheath, wallet). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

tartó (beam, bin, challenging, holder, horse, joist, keeper, mount, rail, stanchion), eset (affair, event, incident, instance, occurrence, shebang), doboz (box, can, canister, pack, sterilized drum), ügy (affair, business, business deal, case at issue, cause, go, issue, it is a case in point, matter, proceeding, proposition, shebang, thing, to come out badly of an affair). (various references)

   

Icelandic

  

skjalataska (brief case, portfolio), skjalamappa (brief case, portfolio), þolfall (accusative, accusative case). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

soal, peti (box, chest, hutch, kit, quod, trunk), perkara, kejadian (event, occurence), hal (fact, instance, item, matter, situation). (various references)

   

Irish

  

chás, gcás. (various references)

   

Italian

  

caso (accidence, accident, affair, alternative, chance, connection, connexion, event, haphazard, hazard, incident, instance, matter, occasion, occurrence, possibility, random), affare (affair, bargain, business, business deal, concern, concernment, deal, job, matter, problem, show, snip, thing, transaction), valigia (bag, chest, portmanteau, suitcase, valise), scatola (box, can, canister, chest, tin), faccenda (affair, business, business deal, concern, housework, job, matter, shebang, show), contenitore (bin, can, container), astuccio (bag, kit). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

入物 (container, receptacle), (beside, besides, close, edge, near, part, proximity, row, side, surroundings, third person, vicinity, while), ケーソン病 (cable, cable car, caisson disease, cane, capability, cape, care, care taker, careless mistake, catering service, caving, chaos, wellness care), グロー放電 (cage, cake, case by case, case method, case study, casework, caseworker, chaos, chassis ground, frame ground, gloria, glossary, glow discharge, groggy, grotesque, knock-out, KO), (affair, ceremony, matter, rule), (example, in question, item, matter, precedent, the above-mentioned, the said, the usual), 場合 (situation), 入れ物  (container, receptacle), 訴訟事件 (lawsuit), (custom, example, experience, illustration, instance, parallel, precedent, usage), (character, status), 事件 (affair, event, incident, plot, scandal, trouble), 事件  (affair, event, incident), 症例 , 筐体 (cabinet, component, unit), 入れ物 (container, receptacle). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

(affair, be suspicious of, ceremony, connection, deception, deed, distrust, doubt, false, falsehood, favor, friendly relations, friendship, goodwill, honour, imitation, intimacy, justice, kindness, lie, matter, morality, relation, righteousness, rule, skill), ためし (custom, example, experience, illustration, instance, parallel, precedent, test, trial, usage), がわ (part, row, side, surroundings), そしょうじけん (lawsuit), きょうたい (cabinet, chassis, component, coquetry, disgraceful behavior, main frame, unit), しょうれい (address, encouragement, imperial edict, message, ministerial ordinance, promotion), ばあい (situation), かわ (bark, fur, good story, hide, leather, part, pelt, river, row, shell, side, skin, stream, surroundings), かく (angle, beautiful passage of literature, bishop, character, divide, each, every, kernel, nucleus, status, stroke, to break, to chip, to crack, to depict, to describe, to draw, to lack, to paint, to perspire, to scratch, to sketch, to write), いれもの (container, receptacle), れい (actor, cold, command, companion, cool, custom, departed soul, dictation, example, experience, expression of gratitude, ghost, illustration, instance, nought, order, parallel, precedent, soul, spirit, usage, zero), ケース , ケイス , けん (and, authority, bayonet, blade, bond, certificate, circle, clock hand, concurrently, coupon, economy, emperor, health, heaven, in addition, item, matter, prefecture, range, sabre, sphere, stick-to-itiveness, sting, strength, sword, tendon, the right, ticket), じけん (affair, event, incident, plot, scandal, trouble). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

상자 (box, Boxes). (various references)

   

Lombard

  

affari (affair, business, business deal, matter). (various references)

   

Malay

  

perkara (affair, business, business deal, matter), hal (affair, matter). (various references)

   

Manx

  

sampleyr (example, instance, model, paradigm, paragon, sample, sampler, specimen), kishtey (box, box container, carton, casket, chest, cist, crate, pot, pyx, rock pool, suitcase, trunk), cur coodagh er (canopy, encase, wrap), cur ayns kishtaghyn, cooish (business, cause, chat, conversation, love affair, suit, theme), coodagh (awning, coat, coating, cover, envelope, housing, overgrowth, shell, shielding, shroud, veil, wrapper), case, askan. (various references)

   

Norwegian

  

anliggende (affair, business, business deal, matter). (various references)

   

Occitan

  

caissa (chest). (various references)

   

Papiamen

  

kos (affair, article, business, business deal, matter, object, thing), kestion (affair, business, business deal, matter), kaso (affair, business, business deal, matter), asuntu (affair, business, business deal, matter), afèr (affair, business, business deal, matter). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

asecay.(various references)

   

Polish

  

sprawa (affair, business, business deal, matter), afera (affair, business, business deal, matter). (various references)

   

Portuguese

  

caso (accident, affair, business, business deal, colly, event, happening, incident, instance, matter), questão (affair, broil, brush, business, business deal, difference, disagreement, dissemblance, earmark, fortuity, issue, litigation, matter, proposition, quarrel, query, question, scene, strife, wrangle), causa (account, affair, brief, business, business deal, cause, fortuity, fount, inducement, lawsuit, matter, motive, mover, occasion, parent, reason, root, sake, wherefore), caixa (ash-box, bank window, bin, box, bunker, cash keeper, cashier, cashier's stand, chest, coalscuttle, coffer, desk, fund, hutch, jug, kit, money box, pay-box, receiver, safe, sheath, teller, treasurer, vessel, writing-table), assunto (affair, article, business, business deal, concernment, dead set, full stop, material, matter, motif, object, palaver, point, proposition, question, shebang, subject, subject-matter, text, theme, thing, topic). (various references)

   

Portuguese Brazilian

  

caso. (various references)

   

Romanian

  

caz (accident, affair, event, happening, matter, occurrence). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

дело (act, affair, affairs, business, business deal, cause, deal, deed, doing, dossier, engagement, file, matter, part, proposition, shebang, thing, transaction, work). (various references)

   

Scottish

  

cùis (affair, business, business deal, cause, cause : cùis-eagail, matter, subject). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

stvar (affair, article, cause, matter, object, shebang, subject, thing), spis (document, text, writing), slučaj (chance, contingency, event, incidence, incident, instance, occasion, occurrence), predmet (article, item, lemma, material, object, subject, topic), parnica (lawsuit, litigation, suit), padežni, padež. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

caso (affair, casual, dossier, fall, instance, matter, notice, occurrence, subject), asunto (affair, business, business deal, concern, gimmick, issue, item, matter, palaver, subject, thing, topic), particular (affair, apart, business, business deal, individual, matter, of one's own, particular, patent, private, private citizen, private person, sectional, separate, special, tutor), envoltura (cover, covering, envelope, envelopment, jacket, membrane, sheath, swaddle, wrap, wrapper, wrapping), caja (barrel, body, box, cash, cash desk, cashbox, cashier's stand, casing, checkbox, checkout, chest, container, crate, cushion, drawer, fund, housing, jug, money box, money-box, pay office, paydesk, shaft, shell, slush fund, take, till, vessel, well). (various references)

   

Sranan

  

afersi (affair, business, business deal, matter). (various references)

   

Swahili

  

jambo (affair, business, business deal, matter). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

sak (affair, article, business, business deal, cause, concern, item, job, matter, object, question, subject, thing), låda (box, chest, drawer, tray), fall (affair, backfall, cases, collapse, descent, downfall, drape, drop, event, fall, fiasco, halliard, halyard, hang, instance, matter, overthrow, set, slope, spill, tumble, undoing, waterfall, wreck), skrin (box, casket, coffer, shrine), kasus, hölje (coat, cover, envelope, envelopment, integument, jacket, nappe, shroud), fodral (box, casing, cover, encasement). (various references)

   

Tagalog

  

bagay (affair, business, business deal, matter, thing). (various references)

   

Thai

  

ใส่กล่อง (bin, box), เรื่องราว, เหตุผลสนับสนุน, เหตุการณ์ (circumstance, scene), กล่องเล็กๆ, กรอบ (border, frame), ตรวจสอบ (censor, check, read, see, test), ปูพื้น, ปลอกหมอน, ปัญหา (grief, issue, malady, riddle), คนที่ไม่ปกติ, คดี, จำนวนคู่หนึ่ง. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

ciltlemek (bind, stitch), kap (binder, Cape, container, holder, hollowware, jacket, pot, receptacle, utensil, vessel), örtmek (blanket, canopy, cap, carpet, cloak, close, clothe, cloud, coat, conceal, condone, cope, cover, cover up, encase, enshroud, envelop, hood, incase, lap, robe, screen, shade, sheet, shield, shroud, shut, submerge, wrap), íx (achievement, act, action, affair, business, business deal, chore, job, matter, work), dava (action, cause, claim, instance, law, lawsuit, litigation, plea, pleading, process, prosecution, suit, trial), delil (argument, averment, document, earnest, evidence, proof, supporting document, voucher), dikizlemek (case the joint, have a peep, peek, peep, pry, pry about, pry into, take a peep), durum (attitude, ball game, circumstance, condition, conditions, conjuncture, context, estate, event, fact, fettle, footing, instance, lay, lie, occasion, pass, plight, position, posture, repair, score, set, set up, shape, showing, situation, situs, stance, stand, state, state of affairs, status, trim, way), görüş (apprehension, argument, aspect, concept, conviction, estimation, eye, feeling, genius, horizon, idea, interest, notion, opinion, optical, outlook, position, sentiments, sight, thought, view, vision, visual), gözetlemek (case the joint, espy, eye, keep cave, observe, peek, peep, pry, pry about, pry into, spy, spy on, spy on smb., spy out, spy upon, stand over, watch), hasta (ailing, buff, client, diseased, fan, fanatical, ill, in bad health, invalid, patient, poorly, sick, sufferer, under the weather, unsound, unwell, valetudinarian, valetudinary, weakly), hukuksal olay, husus (matter, particular, particularity, point, subject), çanta (bag, briefcase, carrierbag, handbag, purse, sack), kanıt (argument, averment, confirmation, convincing proof, demonstration, evidence, proof, supporting document), yerine koymak (bestow, clap, posit, put back, put up, relay, replace, slot into, spot), kaplamak (back, bestrew, canopy, carpet, clothe, coat, cover, encrust, envelop, face, fair, film, film over, fleece, hang, incrust, infest, line, overgrow, overlap, overspread, overwhelm, plate, recap, revet, sheathe, sheet, shield, smother in, smother with, suffuse, take, thread, upholster, veneer, wreathe), kasa (cash desk, cashbox, cashier's desk, cashier's office, casing, chest, coffer, crate, desk, Peter, register, safe, strongbox, till, vaulting horse), kovan (barrel, beehive, expulsive, hive, shell, snout, socket), kutu (bin, box, can, canned, carton, cartridge, cassette, chest, coffer, repository), kutulamak (box), macera (adventure, affair, business, business deal, cloak-and-dagger, exploit, flirt, flirtation, gallantry, matter, romance), mahfaza, mesele (affair, business, business deal, crux, hangup, issue, matter, point, problem, proposition, question, Res, shebang, topic), neden (causatively, cause, forwhy, ground, inducement, motive, occasion, point, reason, rise, room, seeds, what for, whence, wherefore, wherefrom, why), olay (accident, affair, circumstance, episode, event, experience, fact, happening, incident, instance, occurrence, scene), sorun (cause, difficulty, funeral, grievance, hangup, hurdle, ill, issue, knot, look out, packet, problem, proposition, question, trouble), tuhaf tip (curio, curiosity, fruitcake, odd fellow, odd fish, oddity, screwball, weirdo), valiz (suitcase, valise), kılıf (casing, cover, dust cover, envelope, fig leaf, garment, guise, husk, sheath, slipcover, tick, Tunica, vagina). (various references)

   

Turkmen 

  

tahyl (box), delil (evidence). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

аргументація (argument, argumentation, reasoning), дивак (caution, codger, crotcheteer, eccentric, faddist, maggot, oddball, oddbod, oddity, original, quiz, weirdie, weirdo, weirdy), випадок у судовій справі, випадок (accident, adventure, chance, contingency, contingent, event, fortuity, happening, incident, incidental, occasion, occurrence, occurrent, tidings), особа, що перебуває під наглядом, оглядати (notice, overlook, see, survey, view), відкладати в довгий ящик (keep on ice), міркування (cogitation, consideration, contemplation, descant, rationale, reflection, reflexion, speculation, think, thinking), вставляти в оправу, аргументи, придивлятися (peer), поранений (casualty, patient, wounded), покришка (casing, cope, overlay), пацієнт (patient), доказати, обставина (circumstance, go), хворий (aching, ailing, dicky, diseased, ill, invalid, pasty, poorly, sick, sickish, sickly, sore, stricken), судова справа (cause, proceedings), ящик (ark, box, cabinet, chest, coffer), становище (camp, capacity, condition, estate, plight, position, standing, way), стан справ (circs, circumstance), скринька (cabinet, casket, cassette, cist), відмінок, справа (act, affair, biz, brief, business, cause, deed, discipline, employ, enterprise, nevermind, point, proposition, shebang, thing, transaction), сумка (bag, pouch, sac, wallet), чудило (zombie), чохол (cap, cover, covering, jacket, protector, sheet, slip over, slipcover, tick, wrapper), чемодан (bag, portmanteau), футляр (cabinet, cap, casing, cover, encasement, hose, sheath), коробка (box), класти в ящик (chest), скриня (bin, box, chest, hutch, pocket). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

cảnh ngộ (conjuncture), ca vụ, việc thưa kiện, việc kiện, về trường hợp của không phải như thế, trường hợp, túi (bag, satchel, vesica), ngăn, kiện, hoàn cảnh (environment, it, plight, situation), hòm (ark, chest), hộp (ark, box), giả dụ trình bày lý lẽ của mình, bào chữa cho ai cứ cho rằng là. (various references)

   

Welsh

  

cyflwr (condition), busnes (affair, business, matter). (various references)

   

Yucatec

  

beel (affair, business, business deal, matter). (various references)

   

Zulu

  

indaba (affair, business, business deal, matter). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Case

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Sumerian3100 BCE-2500 BCE

di, tun. (various references)

Latin500 BCE-Modern

causa. (various references)

Old French900-1400

cas. (various references)

Middle Dutch1100-1500

huuskyn. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Bible Trace: Case

LanguageDateSourceMatthew Chapter 19, Verse 10
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintLegousin autw oi maqhtai autou ei outwV estin h aitia tou anqrwpou meta thV gunaikoV ou sumferei gamhsai
Latin405VulgateDicunt ei discipuli eius si ita est causa homini cum uxore non expedit nubere
Old English990West SaxonNane men to wifienne.
Middle English1395WyclifHis disciplis seien to him, If the cause of a man with a wijf is so, it spedith not to be weddid.
Renaissance English1526TyndaleThen sayde his disciples to him: yf the mater be so betwene man and wyfe then is it not good to mary.
Jacobean English1611King JamesHis disciples say unto him, If the case of the man be so with his wife, it is not good to marry.
Victorian English1833WebsterHis disciples say to him, If the case of the man is so with his wife, it is not good to marry.
Basic English1964OgdenThe disciples say to him, If this is the position of a man in relation to his wife, it is better not to be married.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: Case

LanguageMatthew Chapter 19, Verse 10
CebuanoUg ang mga tinun-an miingon kaniya, "Kon mao kanay kahimtang sa lalaki labut sa iyang asawa, maayo pag dili na lang mangasawa."
Chinese門 徒 對 耶 穌 說 、 人 和 妻 子 既 是 這 樣 、 倒 不 如 不 娶 。
CroatianKažu mu uèenici: "Ako je tako izmeðu muža i žene, bolje je ne ženiti se."
DanishHans Disciple sige til ham: "Står Mandens Sag med Hustruen således, da er det ikke godt at gifte sig."
DutchZijn discipelen zeiden tot Hem: Indien de zaak des mensen met de vrouw alzo staat, zo is het niet oorbaar te trouwen.
FinnishOpetuslapset sanoivat hänelle: "Jos miehen on näin laita vaimoonsa nähden, niin ei ole hyvä naida".
FrenchSes disciples lui dirent: Si telle est la condition de l`homme à l`égard de la femme, il n`est pas avantageux de se marier.
GermanDa sprachen die Jünger zu ihm: Steht die Sache eines Mannes mit seinem Weibe also, so ist's nicht gut, ehelich werden.
Haitian CreoleDisip li yo di li: Si se konsa bagay la ye pou yon nonm ak madanm li, pito yon nonm pa marye.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariMaka pengikut-pengikut Yesus berkata kepada-Nya, "Kalau soal hubungan suami istri adalah seperti itu, lebih baik tidak usah kawin."
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaMaka kata murid-murid itu kepada-Nya, "Jikalau demikian ini perihal laki dengan bini, tiada berfaedah kawin."
ItalianGli dissero i discepoli: «Se questa è la condizione dell'uomo rispetto alla donna, non conviene sposarsi».
Manx GaelicDooyrt e ostyllyn rish, My she shoh yn chooish eddyr dooinney as e ven, cha vel eh mie dy phoosey.
MaoriKa mea ana akonga ki a ia, Ki te penei te tikanga mo te tangata raua ko tana wahine, ehara te marena.
NorwegianHans disipler sa til ham: Står saken så mellem mann og hustru, da er det ikke godt å gifte sig.
PortugueseDisseram-lhe os discípulos: Se tal é a condição do homem relativamente à mulher, não convém casar.   
RumanianUcenicii Lui I-au zis: ,,Dacq astfel stq lucrul cu bqrbatul wi nevasta lui, nu este de folos sq se knsoare.``
RussianзПЧПТСФ еНХ ХЮЕОЙЛЙ еЗП: ЕУМЙ ФБЛПЧБ ПВСЪБООПУФШ ЮЕМПЧЕЛБ Л ЦЕОЕ, ФП МХЮЫЕ ОЕ ЦЕОЙФШУС.
ShuarTakui ni unuiniamuri tiarmiayi "Nuikia aishman ni nuwé penké ikiukchamniaitkiuinkia Nuátkachminiaiti."
SpanishLe dijeron sus discípulos: --Si así es el caso del hombre con su mujer, no conviene casarse.
SwahiliWanafunzi wake wakamwambia, "Ikiwa mambo ya mume na mkewe ni hivyo, ni afadhali kutooa kabisa."
SwedishDå sade lärjungarna till honom: "Är det så med mannens ställning till hustrun, då är det icke rådligt att gifta sig."
UmaNgkai ree, ana'guru-na mpo'uli' -ki Yesus: "Ane wae-di kamokoro-na ada poncamoko, agina lau-pi-hawo neo' ncamoko."

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Case

Derivations

Words beginning with "case": casease, caseases, caseate, caseated, caseates, caseating, caseation, caseations, casebearer, casebearers, casebook, casebooks, cased, casefied, casefies, casefy, casefying, caseic, casein, caseinate, caseinates, caseins, caseload, caseloads, casemate, casemates, casement, casements, caseose, caseoses, caseous, casern, caserne, casernes, caserns, cases, casette, casettes, casework, caseworker, caseworkers, caseworks, caseworm, caseworms. (additional references)

Words ending with "case": bookcase, braincase, briefcase, carcase, cardcase, crankcase, discase, encase, gearcase, hardcase, incase, lowercase, notecase, nutcase, pillowcase, replicase, seedcase, showcase, slipcase, smearcase, smiercase, staircase, suitcase, typecase, uncase, uppercase, watchcase. (additional references)

Words containing "case": bookcases, braincases, briefcases, carcases, cardcases, crankcases, cycases, discased, discases, encased, encasement, encasements, encases, fracases, gearcases, incased, incases, lowercased, lowercases, notecases, nutcases, pillowcases, replicases, seedcases, showcased, showcases, slipcased, slipcases, smearcases, smiercases, staircases, suitcases, typecases, uncased, uncases, uppercased, uppercases, watchcases. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Case" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: acase, acaze, acose, Acssi, caae, cace, caeser, Caise, caisse, caje, capsa, Carsa, cas, casaer, Casal, Casb, casbew, Casdec, casea, casee, casei, Casell, Caset, caseu, cashe, caske, Casken, Casl, Casle, casm, caso, casok, cason, Casp, caspe, Casre, cassa, casse, Cassen, Cassi, cassl, Cassou, casu, Catsi, cawe, cawey, caxe, caxel, caz, caza, caze, cazi, cazzo, ccsu, cdsa, Cece, cees, ceese, celse, Cepsa, Cesay, cese, ceser, Cesi, Ceske, cesse, cexe, Ceze, chse, Cibse, Cidse, ciese, Cisa, Cisbee, cise, Cisi, cism, Cissa, Cisse, Cissi, Cize, cizye, clase, clasey, claze, coase, coasse, cose, Cosep, cosi, Cosse, csa, csad, csale, csas, cse, csec, Csee, Csie, csso, csy, cuasee, cusa, cuse, cuso, cuze, cvas, jase, kaes, Kaese, kase, Kaske, kassa, Kasse, Kcsi, klase, kvase, Ocasek, qasem, Scase, zase. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Case"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "case" (pronounced kā"s)
3k ā" sencase, incase.
2-ā" sAce, apace, base, brace, chase, dace, debase, deface, disgrace, displace, efface, embrace, erase, face, glace, grace, interlace, lace, Mace, misplace, pace, place, race, replace, retrace, space, trace, vase.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Case

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: aces.

Words within the letters "a-c-e-s"

-1 letter: ace, sac, sae, sea, sec.

-2 letters: ae, as, es.

 Words containing the letters "a-c-e-s"
 

+1 letter: aches, acmes, acnes, acres, alecs, cades, cafes, cages, cakes, cames, canes, capes, cares, carse, cased, cases, caste, cates, cause, caves, cease, cesta, chase, daces, escar, faces, laces, maces, paces, races, saice, sauce, scale, scape, scare, scena, serac, space, taces.

 

+2 letters: access, accuse, ackees, acutes, amices, apices, arches, arecas, ascend, ascent, aspect, baches, becaps, braces, cabers, cables, caches, cadets, cadges, cadres, caesar, cagers, calces, calesa, calves, calxes, camels, cameos, camise, caners, canoes, capers, carers, caress, carets, caries, carles, carses, cartes, carves, casefy, caseic, casein, casern, cashed, cashes, cashew, casked, casket, casque, caster, castes, castle, caters, caules, caused, causer, causes, causey, cavers, cavies, cayuse, ceased, ceases, cedars, ceibas, centas, cerias, cestas, cesura, chafes, chaise, chapes, chares, chased, chaser, chases, chasse, chaste, cheaps, cheats, chelas, clades, clause, claves, cleans, clears, cleats, coarse, coaxes, costae, crakes, cranes, crapes, crases, crates, craves, crazes, creaks, creams, crease, creasy, cuesta, dances, decafs, decals, decays, eclats, enacts, encase, encash, epacts, ericas, escape, escarp, escars, eschar, exacts, facers, facets, facies, faeces, falces, farces, fasces, fauces, glaces, graces, haceks, hances, incase, lacers, laches, lances, macers, maches, macles, meccas, mescal, muscae, naches, nacres, nances, oceans, pacers, parsec, peaces, pecans, places, racers, rances, reacts, recaps, recast, sachem, sachet, sacked, sacker, sacque, sacred, saices, samech, sauced, saucer, sauces, scaled, scaler, scales, scaped, scapes, scarce, scared, scarer, scares, scarey, scathe, scenas, schema, sclera, scrape, screak, scream, seance, search, secant, secpar, seneca, seracs, socage, solace, spaced, spacer, spaces, spacey, spicae, stacte, stance, taches, traces, uncase, usance, vesica, wackes.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Images: Photo Album
8. Images: Digital Art
9. Sounds
10. Quotations: Familiar
11. Quotations: Historic
12. Quotations: Fiction
13. Quotations: Non-fiction
14. Quotations: Spoken
15. Quotations: Speeches
16. Usage Frequency
17. Names: Frequency
18. Names: Derived from
19. Names: Company Usage
20. Expressions
21. Expressions: Internet
22. Translations: Modern
23. Translations: Ancient
24. Bible Trace
25. Abbreviations
26. Acronyms
27. Derivations
28. Rhymes
29. Anagrams
30. Bibliography


  

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