Definition as Noun

• the actual state of things
• a portable container for carrying several objects
• a person requiring professional services
• a problem requiring investigation
• a statement of facts and reasons used to support an argument
• a specific state of mind that is temporary
• the quantity contained in a case
• the enclosing frame around a door or window opening
• a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities)
• (printing) the receptacle in which a compositor has his type, which is divided into compartments for the different letters, spaces, or numbers
• a glass container used to store and display items in a shop or museum or home
• a special set of circumstances
• a specific size and style of type within a type family
• nouns or pronouns or adjectives (often marked by inflection) related in some way to other words in a sentence
• an occurrence of something
• a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy
• bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow
• an enveloping structure or covering enclosing an animal or plant organ or part
• the housing or outer covering of something
• a person who is subjected to experimental or other observational procedures; someone who is an object of investigation

Definition as Noun

• events that provide the generative force that is the origin of something
• a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end
• any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results
• a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy
• a justification for something existing or happening

Definition as Verb

• look over, usually with the intention to rob
• enclose in, or as if in, a case

Definition as Verb

• give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally
• cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner

• caseful

• casing

• character, eccentric, type

• compositor's case, typesetter's case

• display case, showcase, vitrine

• event

• font, fount, typeface, face

• grammatical case

• instance, example

• lawsuit, suit, cause, causa

• pillowcase, slip, pillow slip

• sheath

• shell, casing

• subject, guinea pig

• encase, incase

• campaign, crusade, drive, movement, effort

• causal agent, causal agency

• lawsuit, suit, case, causa

• reason, grounds

• do, make

• induce, stimulate, have, get, make

• "that was not the case"

• "the musicians left their instrument cases backstage"

• "a typical case was the suburban housewife described by a marriage counselor"

• "Perry Mason solved the case of the missing heir"

• "he stated his case clearly"

• "a case of the jitters"

• "the casings had rotted away and had to be replaced"

• "a real character"; "a strange character"; "a friendly eccentric"; "the capable type"; "a mental case"

• "for English, a compositor will ordinarily have two such cases, the upper case containing the capitals and the lower case containing the small letters"

• "in that event, the first possibility is excluded"; "it may rain in which case the picnic will be canceled"

• "it was a case of bad judgment"; "another instance occurred yesterday"; "but there is always the famous example of the Smiths"

• "the family brought suit against the landlord"

• "the burglar carried his loot in a pillowcase"

• "the clock has a walnut case"

• "the subjects for this investigation were selected randomly"; "the cases that we studied were drawn from two different communities"

• "They men cased the housed"

• "my feet were encased in mud"

• "they are trying to determine the cause of the crash"

• "he supported populist campaigns"; "they worked in the cause of world peace"; "the team was ready for a drive toward the pennant"; "the movement to end slavery"; "contributed to the war effort"

• "the family brought suit against the landlord"

• "he had no cause to complain"; "they had good reason to rejoice"

• "cause a commotion"; "make a stir"; "cause an accident"

• "The ads induced me to buy a VCR"; "My children finally got me to buy a computer"; "My wife made me buy a new sofa"

• Case vs caseful
• Case vs casing
• Case vs character
• Case vs eccentric
• Case vs type
• Case vs compositor's case
• Case vs typesetter's case
• Case vs display case
• Case vs showcase
• Case vs vitrine
• Case vs event
• Case vs font
• Case vs fount
• Case vs typeface
• Case vs face
• Case vs grammatical case
• Case vs instance
• Case vs example
• Case vs lawsuit
• Case vs suit
• Case vs cause
• Case vs causa
• Case vs pillowcase
• Case vs slip
• Case vs pillow slip
• Case vs sheath
• Case vs shell
• Case vs subject
• Case vs guinea pig
• Case vs encase
• Case vs incase
• Case vs campaign
• Case vs crusade
• Case vs drive
• Case vs movement
• Case vs effort
• Case vs causal agent
• Case vs causal agency
• Case vs case
• Case vs reason
• Case vs grounds
• Case vs do
• Case vs make
• Case vs induce
• Case vs stimulate
• Case vs have
• Case vs get

• Cause vs caseful
• Cause vs casing
• Cause vs character
• Cause vs eccentric
• Cause vs type
• Cause vs compositor's case
• Cause vs typesetter's case
• Cause vs display case
• Cause vs showcase
• Cause vs vitrine
• Cause vs event
• Cause vs font
• Cause vs fount
• Cause vs typeface
• Cause vs face
• Cause vs grammatical case
• Cause vs instance
• Cause vs example
• Cause vs lawsuit
• Cause vs suit
• Cause vs cause
• Cause vs causa
• Cause vs pillowcase
• Cause vs slip
• Cause vs pillow slip
• Cause vs sheath
• Cause vs shell
• Cause vs subject
• Cause vs guinea pig
• Cause vs encase
• Cause vs incase
• Cause vs campaign
• Cause vs crusade
• Cause vs drive
• Cause vs movement
• Cause vs effort
• Cause vs causal agent
• Cause vs causal agency
• Cause vs case
• Cause vs reason
• Cause vs grounds
• Cause vs do
• Cause vs make
• Cause vs induce
• Cause vs stimulate
• Cause vs have
• Cause vs get