Definitions
1.nounAn actual event, situation, or fact."For a change, in this case, he was telling the truth."
2.nounA given condition or state.
3.nounA 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.noun(academia) An instance or event as a topic of study."The teaching consists of theory lessons and case studies."
5.nounA legal proceeding, lawsuit.
6.noun(grammar) A specific inflection of a word depending on its function in the sentence."The accusative case canonically indicates a direct object. Latin has six cases, and remnants of a seventh."
7.noun(grammar) Grammatical cases and their meanings taken either as a topic in general or within a specific language."Jane has been studying case in Caucasian languages. Latin is a language that employs case."
8.nounAn instance of a specific condition or set of symptoms."There were another five cases reported overnight."
9.nounA section of code representing one of the actions of a conditional switch.
10.verbTo propose hypothetical cases.