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case
  1. A box that contains or can contain a number of identical items of manufacture.
  2. A box, sheath, or covering generally.
  3. A piece of luggage that can be used to transport an apparatus such as a sewing machine.
  4. An enclosing frame or casing.
  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) 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.
  13. A thin layer of harder metal on the surface of an object whose deeper metal is allowed to remain soft.
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  15. Examples:
    1. “You'd best place your glasses into its case to protect it while you're traveling.”
      “The cranium is a single structure forming a case around the brain.”
      “The building did not have an elevator, and I was forced to lug my heavy case up the four flights of stairs.”
case
  1. An actual event, situation, or fact.
  2. (now rare) A given condition or state.
  3. A piece of work, specifically defined within a profession.
  4. (academia) An instance or event as a topic of study.
  5. (law) A legal proceeding, lawsuit.
  6. (grammar) A specific inflection of a word depending on its function in the sentence.
  7. (grammar) Grammatical cases and their meanings taken either as a topic in general or within a specific language.
  8. (medicine) An instance of a specific condition or set of symptoms.
  9. (programming) A section of code representing one of the actions of a conditional switch.
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  11. Examples:
    1. “You'd best place your glasses into its case to protect it while you're traveling.”
      “The cranium is a single structure forming a case around the brain.”
      “The building did not have an elevator, and I was forced to lug my heavy case up the four flights of stairs.”
casing
  1. That which encloses or encases.
  2. (architecture) The decorative trim around a door or window.
  3. (oil industry) A metal pipe used to line the borehole of a well.
  4. (computing) The collective states of upper and lower case letters.
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  6. Examples:
    1. “I carefully examined the jewelry casing to ensure that the precious gemstones were securely enclosed within.”
casebook
  1. A collection of stories or accounts that can individually be described as cases.
  2. (law) A kind of book, used predominantly in United States law schools, containing the text of court opinions in legal cases accompanied by analysis and related materials.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “Much of what I read in Mousley's casebook did not seem relevant to my experience of reading Donne's religious works.”
      “Written in a lucid, reader-friendly way, the casebook is targeted at all mental health professionals.”
      “This casebook focuses on treatment of children who have experienced or witnessed violent or terrorist acts.”
caseload
  1. The workload of a person or group that handles cases; the relative volume of cases expected to be worked upon.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The challenge is to balance the planned work on my caseload with the urgent matters that need attention.”
      “If we were to be castaways on a desert island, these are the goods we would pack by the caseload.”
      “But the tribunals' caseload amounted largely to dealing with deserters, known Confederate agents, and foreign nationals in Confederate service.”
casework
  1. The work required to deal with cases in any profession where a "case" has a specific definition (e.g. legal, social work, planning, etc.).
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The charges follow a joint investigation by West Yorkshire police and the Crown Prosecution Service casework directorate.”
      “Direct action casework has brought victories in winning social benefits, fighting evictions, stopping deportations and winning back pay.”
      “A consummate craftsman, his experience was largely in casework, windchests and wood pipe construction.”
casefic
  1. (fandom slang) fan fiction dealing with the solving of a case, as by a detective
casefile
  1. A file detailing a legal or medical case.
casemaker
  1. One who manufactures cases.
  2. Examples:
    1. “A recent trend in American states is for bar associations to join a consortium called Casemaker.”
      Casemaker gives members of a state bar access to a computerized legal research system.”
casemaking
  1. The manufacture of cases.
caseworker
  1. a social worker
  2. Examples:
    1. “As it turned out, none of them actually applied for the job, they were just put forward by their caseworker.”
      “We also noted the Board has made recent improvements in certain areas of claims monitoring and caseworker training.”
      “A single caseworker now handles each application from start to finish, reducing Chinese whispers.”
caseful
  1. As much as a case will hold.
casings
  1. plural of casing
  2. (Britain, dialect, archaic) Dried cattle dung used as fuel.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “On our bombing run with the bomb doors open we could hear the shrapnel from the anti-aircraft guns pinging on our bomb casings.”
      “I got the patching up done and put some mastic on some of the door casings.”
      “Ben points out the area where he has found shell casings in the past, just below the steering quadrant.”
caseworkers
  1. plural of caseworker
  2. Examples:
    1. “Without parents or caseworkers or probation officers or peers, they have to make peace with themselves.”
      “Once in treatment caseworkers provide help and advice on keeping drug-free, or finding a job or home.”
      “Many of the caseworkers expressed frustration with the perceived lack of cooperation from public and mental health professionals.”
casemakers
  1. plural of casemaker
casebooks
caseworks
casefiles
  1. plural of casefile
caseloads
  1. plural of caseload
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Given the caseloads of medical examiners, the quality of their science is sometimes suspect.”
      “As evidenced over the past year, class-action lawyers see their caseloads balloon during eras of corporate fraud.”
      “For the past two decades, program staff have had to submit monthly reports on the progress of patients assigned to their caseloads.”
casefuls
  1. plural of caseful
casefics
  1. plural of casefic
cases
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