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case

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Engleski

Sistem

en+ng=eng


Pronunciation

  • MFA(ključ): /keɪs/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rime: -eɪs
  • Hifenacija: case

Etymology 1

Srednji Engleski cas, from Stari Francuski cas (an event), from Latinski cāsus (a falling, a fall; accident, event, occurrence; occasion, opportunity; noun case), perfect passive participle of cadō (to fall, to drop).

Imenica

case (plural cases)

  1. An actual event, situation, or fact.
    For a change, in this case, he was telling the truth.
    It is not the case that every unfamiliar phrase is an idiom.
    In case of fire, break glass. [sign on fire extinguisher holder in public space]
    • 2013 jul 20, “The attack of the MOOCs”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845:
      Since the launch early last year of […] two Silicon Valley start-ups offering free education through MOOCs, massive open online courses, the ivory towers of academia have been shaken to their foundations. University brands built in some cases over centuries have been forced to contemplate the possibility that information technology will rapidly make their existing business model obsolete.
  2. (now rare) A given condition or state.
  3. A 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.
    • Šablon:RQ:Churchill Celebrity
    • 1927, F. E. Penny, chapter 4, in Pulling the Strings:
      The case was that of a murder. It had an element of mystery about it, however, which was puzzling the authorities. A turban and loincloth soaked in blood had been found; also a staff. These properties were known to have belonged to a toddy drawer. He had disappeared.
  4. (academia) An instance or event as a topic of study.
    The teaching consists of theory lessons and case studies.
  5. (law) A legal proceeding, lawsuit.
    • 1905, Baroness Emmuska Orczy, chapter 2, in The Tremarn Case[1]:
      “Two or three months more went by ; the public were eagerly awaiting the arrival of this semi-exotic claimant to an English peerage, and sensations, surpassing those of the Tichbourne case, were looked forward to with palpitating interest. […]”
  6. (grammar) A specific inflection of a word (particularly a noun, pronoun, or adjective) depending on its function in the sentence.
    The accusative case canonically indicates a direct object.  Latin has six cases, and remnants of a seventh.
    • 1988, Andrew Radford, chapter 6, in Transformational grammar: a first course, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, page 292:
      Now, the Subject of either an indicative or a subjunctive Clause is always assigned Nominative case, as we see from:
      (16) (a)   I know [that they/*them/*their leave for Hawaii tomorrow]
      (16) (b)   I demand [that they/*them/*their leave for Hawaii tomorrow]
      By contrast, the Subject of an infinitive Clause is assigned Objective case, as we see from:
      (17)   I want [them/*they/*their to leave for Hawaii tomorrow]
      And the Subject of a gerund Clause is assigned either Objective or Genitive case: cf.
      (18)   I don't like the idea of [them/their/*they leaving for Hawaii tomorrow]
  7. (grammar, uncountable) 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. (medicine) An instance of a specific condition or set of symptoms.
    There were another five cases reported overnight.
  9. (programming) A section of code representing one of the actions of a conditional switch.
    • 2004, Rick Miller, C++ for Artists:
      Place a break statement at the end of every case to prevent case fall-through.
    • 2011, Stephen Prata, C++ Primer Plus, page 275:
      Execution does not automatically stop at the next case.
Synonyms
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Translations
Prevode u nastavku treba proveriti i umetnuti iznad u odgovarajuće tabele prevoda. Vidite instrukcije na Vikirečnik:Unos § Prevodi.
Descendants
  • Švedski: case n

Verb

case (third-person singular simple present cases, present participle casing, simple past and past participle cased)

  1. (obsolete) to propose hypothetical cases

See also

References

Etymology 2

From Srednji Engleski cas, from Lua greška in Modul:parameters at line 290: Parameter 2 should be a valid language, etymology language or family code; the value "ONF." is not valid. See WT:LOL, WT:LOL/E and WT:LOF.., (compare Stari Francuski chasse (box, chest, case)), from Latinski capsa (box, bookcase), from capiō (to take, seize, hold). Dubleti of cash. Compare Španski caja, Asturian caxa.

Imenica

case (plural cases)

  1. A box that contains or can contain a number of identical items of manufacture.
  2. A box, sheath, or covering generally.
    a case for spectacles; the case of a watch
  3. A piece of luggage that can be used to transport an apparatus such as a sewing machine.
  4. An enclosing frame or casing.
    a door case; a window case
  5. A suitcase.
  6. A piece of furniture, constructed partially of transparent glass or plastic, within which items can be displayed.
  7. The outer covering or framework of a piece of apparatus such as a computer.
  8. (printing, historical) 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).
  9. (typography, by extension) The nature of a piece of alphabetic type, whether a “capital” (upper case) or “small” (lower case) letter.
  10. (poker slang) Four of a kind.
  11. (US) A unit of liquid measure used to measure sales in the beverage industry, equivalent to 192 fluid ounces.
  12. (mining) A small fissure which admits water into the workings[1].
  13. A thin layer of harder metal on the surface of an object whose deeper metal is allowed to remain soft.
  14. A cardboard box that holds (usually 24) beer bottles or cans.
    Sinonim: carton
    a single case of Bud Light
Hyponyms
Terms derived from case (noun, etymology 2)
Translations
Prevode u nastavku treba proveriti i umetnuti iznad u odgovarajuće tabele prevoda. Vidite instrukcije na Vikirečnik:Unos § Prevodi.
References

Adjective

case (not comparable)

  1. (poker slang) The last remaining card of a particular rank.
    He drew the case eight!
    • 2006, David Apostolico, Lessons from the Professional Poker Tour (page 21)
      If he did have a bigger ace, I still had at least six outs — the case ace, two nines, and three tens. I could also have more outs if he held anything less than A-K.
References

Verb

case (third-person singular simple present cases, present participle casing, simple past and past participle cased)

  1. (transitive) To place (an item or items of manufacture) into a box, as in preparation for shipment.
  2. (transitive) To cover or protect with, or as if with, a case; to enclose.
  3. (transitive, informal) To survey (a building or other location) surreptitiously, as in preparation for a robbery.
    • 1977, Michael Innes, The Gay Phoenix, →ISBN 9780396074427, page 116:
      You are in the grounds of Brockholes Abbey, a house into which a great deal of valuable property has just been moved. And your job is to case the joint for a break in.
    • 2014, Amy Goodman, From COINTELPRO to Snowden, the FBI Burglars Speak Out After 43 Years of Silence (Part 2), Democracy Now!, January 8, 2014, 0:49 to 0:57:
      Bonnie worked as a daycare director. She helped case the FBI office by posing as a college student interested in becoming an FBI agent.
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Anagrams


Afar

Pronunciation

  • MFA(ključ): /ħaˈse/ [ħʌˈsɛ]
  • Hifenacija: ca‧se

Verb

Šablon:aa-verb

  1. (transitive) wave at
  2. (transitive) strike, hit

Conjugation

Šablon:aa-conj/II

References


Asturian

Verb

Šablon:ast-verb form

  1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive of casar

Kineski


Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Engleski case.

Pronunciation

Lua greška in Modul:zh-pron at line 947: attempt to call upvalue 'explode_chars' (a nil value).

Noun

case

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) case Šablon:rfclarify

Francuski

Etymology

Borrowed from Latinski casa, in the sense of "hut, cabin". The other senses are a Script error: The function "semantic_loan" does not exist.. Dubleti of chez, which was inherited.

Pronunciation

Noun

case f (plural cases)

  1. (archaic, rare or regional) hut, cabin, shack
  2. box (on form)
  3. square (on board game)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Saint Dominican Creole French: caze
    • Haitian Creole: kay

Further reading

Anagrams


Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

Attested since the 15th century (quasy), inherited from Latinski quasi (as if).

Pronunciation

Adverb

Šablon:gl-adv

  1. almost

References


Italijanski

Pronunciation

  • Hifenacija: ca‧se

Noun

case f

  1. plural of casa

Anagrams


Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

Noun

case

  1. nominative/accusative plural of cas

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *kāsi, from late Pra-Zapadno Germanski *kāsī, borrowed from Latinski cāseus.

Noun

câse m or n

  1. cheese

Inflection

Ovaj noun zahteva inflection-table template.

Alternative forms

Descendants

Further reading

  • “case”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek[2], 2000
  • “case (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek[3], 1929

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Engleski case, from Latinski cāsus. Dubleti of kasus.

Pronunciation

Noun

case m or n (definite singular casen or caset, indefinite plural caser, definite plural casene)

  1. a case study; a case as used in a case study

References


Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Engleski case, from Latinski cāsus. Dubleti of kasus.

Pronunciation

Noun

Šablon:nn-noun-multi

  1. a case study; a case as used in a case study
    Sinonimi: døme, eksempel

References


Old French

Noun

case m (oblique plural cases, nominative singular cases, nominative plural case)

  1. (grammar) case

Portugalski

Pronunciation

 

Verb

case

  1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of casar
  2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of casar
  3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of casar
  4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of casar

Rumunski

Rumunski

Noun

case

  1. inflection of casă:
    1. plural
    2. genitive/dative singular

Španski

Pronunciation

(Castilian)

(deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Lua greška in Modul:IPA at line 503: Invalid IPA: replace F with ɸ, : with ː i u with y.

Verb

case

  1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of casar.
  2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of casar.
  3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of casar.
  4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of casar.

Švedski

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Etymology

Pozajmljeno od Engleski case, from Latinski cāsus. Dubleti of kasus.

Noun

case n

  1. (countable) a case (instance or event as a topic of study)


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Venetian

Noun

case

  1. plural of casa