| NOUN | event | case, instance, example | an occurrence of something |
|---|---|---|---|
| state | case, event | a special set of circumstances | |
| act | case, lawsuit, suit, cause, causa | a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy | |
| cognition | case | the actual state of things | |
| artifact | case | a portable container for carrying several objects | |
| person | case | a person requiring professional services | |
| person | case, subject, guinea pig | a person who is subjected to experimental or other observational procedures | |
| communication | case | a problem requiring investigation | |
| communication | case | a statement of facts and reasons used to support an argument | |
| quantity | case, caseful | the quantity contained in a case | |
| communication | case, grammatical case | nouns or pronouns or adjectives (often marked by inflection) related in some way to other words in a sentence | |
| state | case | a specific state of mind that is temporary | |
| person | case, character, eccentric, type | a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities) | |
| communication | case, font, fount, typeface, face | a specific size and style of type within a type family | |
| body | case, sheath | an enveloping structure or covering enclosing an animal or plant ... / plant organ or part | |
| artifact | case, shell, casing | the housing or outer covering of something | |
| artifact | case, casing | the enclosing frame around a door or window opening | |
| artifact | case, compositor's case, typesetter's case | (printing) the receptacle in which a compositor has his type, which is divided into compartments for the different letters, spaces, or numbers | |
| artifact | case, pillowcase, slip, pillow slip | bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow | |
| artifact | case, display case, showcase, vitrine | a glass container used to store and display items in a shop or museum or home | |
| VERB | perception | case | look over, usually with the intention to rob |
| contact | case, encase, incase | enclose in, or as if in, a case |
| Sounds | key's | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | ace / ACE ... workplace: 67 rhymes with eys... | |
| Meaning | An occurrence of something. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "it was a case of bad judgment" | |
| Synonyms | instance, example | |
| Narrower | humiliation, mortification | An instance in which you are caused to lose your prestige or self-respect |
| piece, bit | An instance of some kind | |
| time, clip | An instance or single occasion for some event | |
| Broader | happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event | An event that happens |
| Spanish | caso, ejemplo, instancia, vez | |
| Catalan | cas, exemple | |
| Meaning | A special set of circumstances. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "it may rain in which case the picnic will be canceled" | |
| Synonym | event | |
| Broader | circumstance | A condition that accompanies or influences some event or activity |
| Spanish | caso, ocasión | |
| Catalan | cas, ocasió | |
| Meaning | The actual state of things. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "that was not the case" | |
| Broader | fact | A piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred |
| Spanish | caso | |
| Meaning | A person requiring professional services. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "a typical case was the suburban housewife described by a marriage counselor" | |
| Narrower | client | A person who seeks the advice of a lawyer |
| patient | A person who requires medical care | |
| referral | A person whose case has been referred to a specialist or professional group | |
| welfare case, charity case | A case for a welfare worker | |
| Broader | person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul | A human being |
| Meaning | A person who is subjected to experimental or other observational procedures; someone who is an object of investigation. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "the cases that we studied were drawn from two different communities" | |
| Synonyms | subject, guinea pig | |
| Broader | person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul | A human being |
| Meaning | A problem requiring investigation. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "Perry Mason solved the case of the missing heir" | |
| Broader | problem | A question raised for consideration or solution |
| Spanish | caso | |
| Catalan | cas | |
| Meaning | A statement of facts and reasons used to support an argument. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "he stated his case clearly" | |
| Broader | argument, statement | A fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true |
| Meaning | The quantity contained in a case. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | caseful | |
| Broader | containerful | The quantity that a container will hold |
| Spanish | caseful | |
| Catalan | caseful | |
| Verbs | case | enclose in, or as if in, a case |
| Meaning | Nouns or pronouns or adjectives (often marked by inflection) related in some way to other words in a sentence. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | grammatical case | |
| Narrower | nominative, nominative case, subject case | The category of nouns serving as the grammatical subject of a verb |
| oblique, oblique case | Any grammatical case other than the nominative | |
| Broader | grammatical category, syntactic category | (grammar) a category of words having the same grammatical properties |
| Spanish | caso gramatical, caso | |
| Catalan | cas gramatical, cas | |
| Meaning | A specific state of mind that is temporary. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "a case of the jitters" | |
| Broader | state of mind, frame of mind | A temporary psychological state |
| Meaning | A person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities). | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "a mental case" | |
| Synonyms | character, eccentric, type | |
| Broader | adult, grownup | A fully developed person from maturity onward |
| Spanish | elemento, excéntrico, tipo | |
| Catalan | element, excèntric, personatge, tipus | |
| Meaning | A specific size and style of type within a type family. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | font, fount, typeface, face | |
| Member of | type family | A complete set of type suitable for printing text |
| Narrower | Gothic, black letter | A heavy typeface in use from 15th to 18th centuries |
| bicameral script | A script having two distinct cases | |
| boldface, bold face, bold | A typeface with thick heavy lines | |
| font cartridge, cartridge font | Any font that is contained in a cartridge that can be plugged into a computer printer / printer | |
| italic | A typeface with letters slanting upward to the right | |
| proportional font | Any font whose different characters have different widths | |
| sans serif, Helvetica | A typeface in which characters have no serifs | |
| screen font, raster font | The font that is displayed on a computer screen | |
| typewriter font, constant-width font, fixed-width font, monospaced font | A typeface is which each character is given the same width (as by a typewriter) | |
| unicameral script | A script with a single case | |
| Broader | type | Printed characters |
| Spanish | font, fuente, tipo de letra, tipografía | |
| Catalan | font, tipografia, tipus de lletra | |
| Meaning | An enveloping structure or covering enclosing an animal or plant ... / plant organ or part. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | sheath | |
| Narrower | husk | Outer membranous covering of some fruits or seeds |
| lorica | A hard protective sheath (as secreted by certain protoctists, for example) | |
| medullary sheath, myelin sheath | A layer of myelin encasing (and insulating) the axons of medullated nerve fibers | |
| neurolemma, neurilemma | Thin membranous sheath around a nerve fiber | |
| theca | Outer sheath of the pupa of certain insects | |
| Broader | covering, natural covering, cover | A natural object that covers or envelops |
| Spanish | vaina | |
| Catalan | beina | |
| Verbs | case | enclose in, or as if in, a case |
| Meaning | The housing or outer covering of something. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "the clock has a walnut case" | |
| Synonyms | shell, casing | |
| Part of | grandfather clock, longcase clock | A pendulum clock enclosed in a tall narrow case |
| Narrower | boot | Protective casing for something that resembles a leg |
| gearbox, gear box, gear case | The shell (metal casing) in which a train of gears is sealed | |
| jacket | The tough metal shell casing for certain kinds of ammunition | |
| Broader | housing | A protective cover designed to contain or support a mechanical component |
| Spanish | caja, carcasa, cubierta | |
| Catalan | caixa, carcassa, cobertura | |
| Verbs | case | enclose in, or as if in, a case |
| Meaning | The enclosing frame around a door or window opening. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | casing | |
| Part of | doorway, door, room access, threshold | The entrance (the space in a wall) through which you enter or leave a room or building |
| window | A framework of wood or metal that contains a glass windowpane and is built into a wall or roof to admit light or air | |
| Broader | framework, frame | A structure supporting or containing something |
| Spanish | bastidor, marco | |
| Catalan | bastidor, marc | |
| Meaning | (printing) the receptacle in which a compositor has his type, which is divided into compartments for the different letters, spaces, or numbers. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "for English, a compositor will ordinarily have two such cases, the upper case containing the capitals and the lower case containing the small letters" | |
| Synonyms | compositor's case, typesetter's case | |
| Category | printing | The business of producing printed material for sale or distribution |
| Broader | receptacle | A container that is used to put or keep things in |
| Spanish | caja, maleta | |
| Catalan | caixa, maleta | |
| Meaning | bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "the burglar carried his loot in a pillowcase" | |
| Synonyms | pillowcase, slip, pillow slip | |
| Broader | bed linen | linen or cotton articles for a bed (as sheets and pillowcases) |
| Spanish | funda de almohada | |
| Catalan | coixinera | |
| Meaning | A glass container used to store and display items in a shop or museum or home. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | display case, showcase, vitrine | |
| Narrower | trophy case | A case in which to display trophies |
| Broader | container | Any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another) |
| Spanish | escaparate, expositor, vitrina | |
| Catalan | escaparata, vitrina | |
| Verbs | case | enclose in, or as if in, a case |
| Meaning | look over, usually with the intention to rob. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "They men cased the housed" | |
| Broader | inspect | look over carefully |
| Spanish | revolver | |
| Meaning | enclose in, or as if in, a case. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP | |
| Model | They case the goods | |
| Example | "my feet were encased in mud" | |
| Synonyms | encase, incase | |
| Narrower | box, package | put into a box |
| crate | put into a crate | |
| pack | Arrange in a container | |
| sack | put in a sack | |
| Broader | enclose, close in, inclose, shut in | Surround completely |
| Spanish | encajar, encajonar, revestir | |
| Catalan | encaixar | |
| Nouns | case | a portable container for carrying several objects |
| case | a glass container used to store and display items in a shop or museum or home | |
| case, casing | the housing or outer covering of something | |
| case | an enveloping structure or covering enclosing an animal or plant ... / plant organ or part | |
| case | the quantity contained in a case | |
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