Boxes and Case

(pl.) of Box.

noun

• An occurrence of something.
  • usage: "it was a case of bad judgment"; "another instance occurred yesterday"; "but there is always the famous example of the Smiths"
  • synonyms: instance, example
• A special set of circumstances.
  • usage: "in that event, the first possibility is excluded"; "it may rain in which case the picnic will be canceled"
  • synonyms: event
• A comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy.
  • usage: "the family brought suit against the landlord"
  • synonyms: lawsuit, suit, cause, causa
• The actual state of things.
  • usage: "that was not the case"
• A portable container for carrying several objects.
  • usage: "the musicians left their instrument cases backstage"
• A person requiring professional services.
  • usage: "a typical case was the suburban housewife described by a marriage counselor"
• A person who is subjected to experimental or other observational procedures; someone who is an object of investigation.
  • usage: "the subjects for this investigation were selected randomly"; "the cases that we studied were drawn from two different communities"
  • synonyms: subject, guinea pig
• A problem requiring investigation.
  • usage: "Perry Mason solved the case of the missing heir"
• A statement of facts and reasons used to support an argument.
  • usage: "he stated his case clearly"
• The quantity contained in a case.
  • synonyms: caseful
• Nouns or pronouns or adjectives (often marked by inflection) related in some way to other words in a sentence.
  • synonyms: grammatical case
• A specific state of mind that is temporary.
  • usage: "a case of the jitters"
• A person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities. )
  • usage: "a real character"; "a strange character"; "a friendly eccentric"; "the capable type"; "a mental case"
  • synonyms: character, eccentric, type
• A specific size and style of type within a type family.
  • synonyms: font, fount, typeface, face
• An enveloping structure or covering enclosing an animal or plant organ or part.
  • synonyms: sheath
• The housing or outer covering of something.
  • usage: "the clock has a walnut case"
  • synonyms: shell, casing
• The enclosing frame around a door or window opening.
  • usage: "the casings had rotted away and had to be replaced"
  • synonyms: casing
• Printing) the receptacle in which a compositor has his type, which is divided into compartments for the different letters, spaces, or numbers. (
  • usage: "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
• Bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow.
  • usage: "the burglar carried his loot in a pillowcase"
  • synonyms: pillowcase, slip, pillow slip
• A glass container used to store and display items in a shop or museum or home.
  • synonyms: display case, showcase, vitrine

verb

• Look over, usually with the intention to rob.
  • usage: "They men cased the housed"
• Enclose in, or as if in, a case.
  • usage: "my feet were encased in mud"
  • synonyms: encase, incase

• (n.) A box, sheath or covering; as, a case for holding goods; a case for spectacles; the case of a watch; the case (capsule) of a cartridge; a case (cover) for a book.
• (v.i.) To propose hypothetical cases.
• (v.t.) To cover or protect with or as with, a case; to inclose.
• (n.) An inclosing frame; a casing; as, a door case; a window case.
• (n.) A small fissure which admits water to the workings.
• (n.) The matters of fact or conditions involved in a suit, as distinguished from the questions of law; a suit or action at law; a cause.
• (n.) That which befalls, comes or happens; an event; an instance; a circumstance or all the circumstances; condition; state of things; affair; as, a strange case; a case of injustice; the case of the Indian tribes.
• (n.) A shallow tray divided into compartments or "boxes" for holding type.
• (n.) Chance; accident; hap; opportunity.
• (n.) One of the forms or the inflections or changes of form, of a noun, pronoun or adjective, which indicate its relation to other words, and in the aggregate constitute its declension; the relation which a noun or pronoun sustains to some other word.
• (v.t.) To strip the skin from; as, to case a box.
• (n.) A patient under treatment; an instance of sickness or injury; as, ten cases of fever; also, the history of a disease or injury.
• (n.) A box and its contents; the quantity contained in a box; as, a case of goods; a case of instruments.

Case is a masculine given name

• Irish: Variant of Casey Alert; vigorous
• English: Bringer of peace

(DoD) An intelligence operation in its entirety.
(DoD) Record of the development of an intelligence operation, including personnel, modus operandi, and objectives.