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Etymology 1
From ME. cas < Old English cas(us) (noun case) < Old French cas (an event) < Latin casus (a falling, a fall; accident, event, occurrence; occasion, opportunity; noun case), perfect passive participle of cadere (to fall, sink, drop) < Proto-Indo-European base *kad- (to fall).

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Pronunciation
IPA|/keɪs/, SAMPA|/keIs/
audio|en-us-case.ogg|Audio (US)
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-eɪs|-eɪs

Noun
en-noun

1. law A legal proceeding, lawsuit.
2. One of several similar instances or events which are being studied and compared.
3. grammar: An instance of grammatical case; a category of nouns, pronouns, or adjectives, specialized (usually by inflection) to indicate a particular syntactic relation to other words in a sentence.

#: The accusative case canonically indicates a direct object.
#: Latin has six cases, and remnants of a seventh.

1. grammar uncountable A set of grammatical cases or their meanings in a particular language collectively.

#: Jane has been studying case in Caucasian languages.
#: Latin is a language that employs case.

Translations
trans-top|A legal proceeding
Arabic: ARchar|دع��|د�ع���� unicode|(dá�wa) m
Czech: t-|cs|p�ípad|m
Finnish: oikeusjuttu
French: t+|fr|cause|f
German: t+|de|Fall|m
Greek: t|el|���θε�η|f|sc=Grek (ypóthesi)
Hebrew: ת�ק (tyq) m
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Italian: t+|it|causa|f
Latin: t+|la|causa|f
Portuguese: t+|pt|causa|f
Russian: ��дебное дело (sudébnoje délo) n
Slovene: t+|sl|primer|m
Spanish: t+|es|causa|f
Swedish: t+|sv|fall|n
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trans-top|One of several similar instances or events which are being studied and compared
Arabic: ARchar|حا�ات|ح�ا�ا�ت� unicode|(ħalá�t) p
Czech: t-|cs|p�ípad|m
Finnish: t+|fi|tapaus
French: t+|fr|cas|m
German: t+|de|Fall|m
Greek: t|el|�ε�ί����η|f|sc=Grek (períptosi)
Hebrew: �קר� (miqre) m
Italian: t+|it|caso|m
Japanese: �件 (���, jíken)
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Korean: 경� (gyeong-u)
Latin: t-|la|casus|m
Portuguese: t+|pt|caso|m
Russian: t+|ru|�л��ай|m|trslú�aj|scCyrl
Slovene: t+|sl|primer|m
Spanish: t+|es|caso|m
Swedish: t+|sv|fall
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trans-top|An instance of grammatical case
Arabic: ARchar|حا�ات|ح�ا�ا�ت� unicode|(ħalá�t) p
Belarusian: �клон (sklon) m
Bosnian: t-|bs|padež|m
Bulgarian: t+|bg|падеж|m|trpadéž|scCyrl
Croatian: t-|hr|padež|m
Czech: t-|cs|pád|m
Danish: fald
Dutch: t+|nl|naamval|m, t-|nl|casus|m
Finnish: t+|fi|sijamuoto
French: t+|fr|cas|m
German: t+|de|Kasus|m
Greek: t|el|����η|f|sc=Grek (ptósi)
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Hebrew: ��ס� (yakhasah) f
Hungarian: t+|hu|eset
Italian: t+|it|caso|m
Japanese: 格 (��, kakú)
Korean: 격 (gyeok)
Latin: t-|la|casus|m
Portuguese: t+|pt|caso|m
Russian: t+|ru|падеж|m|trpadéž|scCyrl
Serbian:

Slovak: t-|sk|pád|m
Slovene: t+|sl|sklon|m
Spanish: t+|es|caso|m
Swedish: t+|sv|kasus|n
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trans-top|A set of grammatical cases or their meanings in a particular language collectively
French: t+|fr|cas|m
Icelandic: t-|is|fall|n
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Portuguese: t+|pt|caso|m
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ttbc|Arabic: ARchar|دعا��|د�ع�ا��� unicode|(da�á�wa) p, ARchar|حا�ة|ح�ا��ة� unicode|(ħá�la) f
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See also
Appendix:Grammatical cases

Etymology 2
From Middle English cas < Old North French casse, Old French chasse (box, chest, case) < Latin capsa (box, bookcase), from capere (to take, seize, hold).

Noun
en-noun

1. A box that contains or can contain a number of identical items of manufacture.
2. A piece of luggage that can be used to transport an apparatus such as a sewing machine.
3. A suitcase.
4. A piece of furniture, constructed partially of transparent glass or plastic, within which items can be displayed.
5. The outer covering or framework of a piece of apparatus such as a computer.
6. In typography, the nature of a piece of alphabetic type, whether a �capital� (upper case) or �small� (lower case) letter.
7. context|poker slang four of a kind

Related terms
case harden
hard case

Translations
trans-top|A box that contains or can contain a number of identical items of manufacture
Arabic: ARchar|ع�ب|ع���ب unicode|(�úlab) p
Bulgarian: t+|bg|�анд�к|m|trsand�k|scCyrl
Croatian: t-|hr|sanduk|m
Czech: t+|cs|bedna|f
Danish: kasse
Dutch: t+|nl|kist|f
Finnish: t-|fi|pakkaus
French: t+|fr|écrin|m
German: t+|de|Kiste|f
Greek: κιβ��ιον (kivótion) n
Hungarian: t+|hu|láda
Italian: t+|it|cassetta
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Japanese: 箱 (��, hakó)
Korean: �� (sangja)
Norwegian: kiste
Polish: skrzynia
Portuguese: t+|pt|caixa|f
Romanian: lad�
Russian: t+|ru|��ик|m|trjáš�ik|scCyrl
Serbian: t-|sr|�анд�к|m|trsanduk|scCyrl
Slovak: debna f
Spanish: t+|es|caja|f
Swedish: t+|sv|lår|c, t+|sv|låda|c
Ukrainian: �к�ин� (skrynja) f
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trans-top|A piece of luggage that can be used to transport an apparatus
Czech: pouzdro n
Finnish: t+|fi|laukku
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German: t+|de|Koffer|m
Russian: ��ик (jáš�ik) m, ко�� (kofr) m
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trans-top|A suitcase
Finnish: t+|fi|laukku
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German: t+|de|Koffer|m
Portuguese: t-|pt|maleta|f, t+|pt|mala|f
Russian: t-|ru|�емодан|m|tr�emodán|scCyrl
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trans-top|A piece of furniture, constructed partially of transparent glass or plastic
Finnish: vitriini
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German: t+|de|Vitrine|f
Portuguese: vitrine f, mostruário m
Russian: t-|ru|ви��ина|f|trvitrína|scCyrl
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trans-top|The outer covering or framework of a piece of apparatus
Finnish: kotelo
German: t+|de|Gehäuse|n
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Portuguese: t+|pt|caixa|f
Russian: t+|ru|кож��|m|trkóžu�|scCyrl
Spanish: t+|es|caja|f
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trans-top|In typography, the nature of a piece of alphabetic type
Finnish: isot kirjaimet (versaali) italbrac|uppercase, pienet kirjaimet (gemena) italbrac|lowercase
French: t+|fr|casse|f
German: Schriftkasten m
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Portuguese: t+|pt|caixa|f
Russian: набо�на� ка��а (nabórnaja kássa) f
Spanish: t+|es|caja|f
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ttbc|Arabic: ARchar|ع�بة|ع���ب�ة� unicode|(�úlba) f
ttbc|German: Kasten
ttbc|Turkish: sandık

References

Weisenberg, Michael (2000) The Official Dictionary of Poker. MGI/Mike Caro University. ISBN 978-1880069523

Adjective
case

1. context|poker slang The last remaining card of a particular rank

#: He drew the case eight!

References

Weisenberg, Michael (2000) The Official Dictionary of Poker. MGI/Mike Caro University. ISBN 978-1880069523

Verb
en-verb|cas|ing

1. transitive: To place (an item or items of manufacture) into a box, as in preparation for shipment.
2. transitive, colloquial: To survey (a building or other location) surreptitiously, as in preparation for a robbery.

#*case the joint

Translations
trans-top|To place (an item or items of manufacture) into a box
Finnish: t-|fi|pakata
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German: t+|de|einpacken
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trans-top|To survey (a building or other location) surreptitiously
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Anagrams
aces

Category:English words with multiple etymologies

Italian

Noun
case f p

1. italbrac|plural of casa#Italian|casa houses

Romanian

Noun
case f p

1. italbrac|plural of cas� houses

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