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Use In any case in a Sentence
–noun
1. an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something: Sailing in such a storm was a case of poor judgment.
2. the actual state of things: That is not the case.
3. a question or problem of moral conduct; matter: a case of conscience.
4. situation; circumstance; plight: Mine is a sad case.
5. a person or thing whose plight or situation calls for attention: This family is a hardship case.
6. a specific occurrence or matter requiring discussion, decision, or investigation, as by officials or law-enforcement authorities: The police studied the case of the missing jewels.
7. a stated argument used to support a viewpoint: He presented a strong case against the proposed law.
8. an instance of disease, injury, etc., requiring medical or surgical attention or treatment; individual affliction: She had a severe case of chicken pox.
9. a medical or surgical patient.
10. Law.
a. a suit or action at law; cause.
b. a set of facts giving rise to a legal claim, or to a defense to a legal claim.
11. Grammar.
a. a category in the inflection of nouns, pronouns, and adjectives, noting the syntactic relation of these words to other words in the sentence, indicated by the form or the position of the words.
b. a set of such categories in a particular language.
c. the meaning of or the meaning typical of such a category.
d. such categories or their meanings collectively.
12. Informal. a peculiar or unusual person: He's a case.
—Idioms
13. get or be on someone's case, Slang. to bother or nag someone; meddle in someone's affairs: Her brother is always on her case about getting married. Why do you keep getting on my case?
14. get off someone's case, Slang. to stop bothering or criticizing someone or interfering in someone's affairs: I've had enough of your advice, so just get off my case.
15. have a case on, Slang. to be infatuated with: He had a case on the girl next door.
16. in any case, regardless of circumstances; be that as it may; anyhow: In any case, there won't be any necessity for you to come along.
17. in case, if it should happen that; if: In case I am late, don't wait to start dinner.
18. in case of, in the event of; if there should be: In case of an error in judgment, the group leader will be held responsible.
19. in no case, under no condition; never: He should in no case be allowed to get up until he has completely recovered from his illness.
Origin:
before 1150; ME ca(a)s < AF, OF cas < L cāsus fall, accident, event, grammatical case (trans. of Gk ptôsis), equiv. to cad(ere) to fall + -tus suffix of v. action; cf. OE cāsus grammatical case

Related forms:
caseless, adjective
case⋅less⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
1. Case, instance, example, illustration suggest the existence or occurrence of a particular thing representative of its type. Case and instance are closely allied in meaning, as are example and illustration. Case is a general word, meaning a fact, occurrence, or situation typical of a class: a case of assault and battery. An instance is a concrete factual case which is adduced to explain a general idea: an instance of a brawl in which an assault occurred. An example is one typical case, usually from many similar ones, used to make clear or explain the working of a principle (what may be expected of any others of the group): This boy is an example of the effect of strict discipline. An illustration exemplifies a theory or principle similarly, except that the choice may be purely hypothetical: The work of Seeing Eye dogs is an illustration of what is thought to be intelligence in animals.
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case 1   (kās)   
n.  

  1. An instance of something; an occurrence; an example: a case of mistaken identity. See Synonyms at example.

  2. An occurrence of a disease or disorder: a mild case of flu.

  3. A set of circumstances or a state of affairs; a situation: It may rain, in which case the hike will be canceled.

  4. Actual fact; reality: We suspected the walls were hollow, and this proved to be the case.

  5. A question or problem; a matter: It is simply a case of honor.

  6. A situation that requires investigation, especially by a formal or official body.

  7. Law

    1. An action or a suit or just grounds for an action.

    2. The facts or evidence offered in support of a claim.

    3. In traditional grammar, a distinct form of a noun, pronoun, or modifier that is used to express one or more particular syntactic relationships to other words in a sentence.

    4. Case In some varieties of generative grammar, the thematic or semantic role of a noun phrase as represented abstractly but not necessarily indicated overtly in surface structure. In such frameworks, nouns in English have Case even in the absence of inflectional case endings.

  8. A set of reasons or supporting facts; an argument: presented a good case for changing the law.

  9. A person being assisted, treated, or studied, as by a physician, lawyer, or social worker.

  10. Informal A peculiar or eccentric person; a character.

  11. Linguistics

    1. In traditional grammar, a distinct form of a noun, pronoun, or modifier that is used to express one or more particular syntactic relationships to other words in a sentence.

    2. Case In some varieties of generative grammar, the thematic or semantic role of a noun phrase as represented abstractly but not necessarily indicated overtly in surface structure. In such frameworks, nouns in English have Case even in the absence of inflectional case endings.


[Middle English cas, from Old French, from Latin cāsus, from past participle of cadere, to fall; see kad- in Indo-European roots.]
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Cultural Dictionary

case

A grammatical category indicating whether nouns and pronouns are functioning as the subject of a sentence (nominative case) or the object of a sentence (objective case), or are indicating possession (possessive case). He is in the nominative case, him is in the objective case, and his is in the possessive case. In a language such as English, nouns do not change their form in the nominative or objective case. Only pronouns do. Thus, ball stays the same in both “the ball is thrown,” where it is the subject, and in “Harry threw the ball,” where it is the object.

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Word Origin & History

case  (1)
"state of affairs," c.1225, from O.Fr. cas "an event," from L. casus "a chance," lit. "a falling," from cas-, pp. stem of cadere "to fall," from PIE base *kad- "to fall" (cf. Skt. sad- "to fall down," Armenian chacnum "to fall, become low," perhaps also M.Ir. casar "hail, lightning"). The notion being "that which falls" as "that which happens." Widespread extended senses in law, medicine, grammar, etc. In case "in the event" is recorded from c.1340.
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: case
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: cased; cas·ing
: to inspect or study with intent to rob <casing a store>
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: case
Pronunciation: 'kAs
Function: noun
1 : the circumstances and situation of a particular person or group
2 a : aninstance of disease or injury <10 cases of pneumonia> b : PATIENT 1
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Medical Dictionary

case (kās)
n.
An occurrence of a disease or disorder.

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Idioms & Phrases

in any case

Also, at all events; in any event. No matter what happens, certainly; also, whatever the fact is, anyway. For example, In any case, I plan to go, or Call me tomorrow, at all events, or He may not be getting a raise, but in any event his boss thinks highly of him. In any case dates from the second half of the 1800s, at all events from about 1700, and in any event from the 1900s. For an antonym, see in no case.

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