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- pronunciation:
- keIs
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| definition 1: |
A case is an example or time of something happening. If there are five cases of the flu in your school right now, it means that five people are now sick with the flu. It means that getting sick with the flu has happened five times. If there have been three cases of kids getting hurt on the playground this month, then the action of getting hurt has happened three times this month.
There were two accidents at this corner last year. In both cases, the drivers did not stop at the stop sign.After the third case of the elevator being broken, the landlord got many angry phone calls from people living in the building.- synonyms:
- example, instance, occasion, occurrence
- similar words:
- affair, business, event, illustration, matter
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| definition 2: |
A case is something that the police work on and try to find an answer to.
The police are still trying to solve the case of the stolen diamond.- synonyms:
- concern, matter
- similar words:
- affair, circumstance
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| definition 3: |
A case is something that is being investigated in a court of law.
The police caught the man that they think stole the money, but the man's case will not go to court for a few months.The jury has to listen very carefully and understand all the facts of a case in order to make a decision.- similar words:
- trial
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| related words: |
argument, fact |
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