an instance of a particular situation; an example of something occurring
a case of mistaken identity
in many cases farmers do have a deep feeling for their land
an instance of a disease, injury, or problem
200,000 cases of hepatitis B
a legal action, especially one to be decided in a court of law
a libel case
a former employee brought the case against the council
any of the forms of a noun, adjective, or pronoun that express the semantic relation of the word to other words in the sentence
the accusative case
a container designed to hold or protect something
a silver cigarette case
each of the two forms, capital or minuscule, in which a letter of the alphabet may be written or printed
reconnoitre (a place) before carrying out a robbery
I was casing the joint