Dictionary

An actual event, situation, or fact.

Example: For a change, in this case, he was telling the truth.

A given condition or state.

A piece of work, specifically defined within a profession.

Example: It was one of the detective's easiest cases.  Social workers should work on a maximum of forty active cases.  The doctor told us of an interesting case he had treated that morning.

(academia) An instance or event as a topic of study.

Example: The teaching consists of theory lessons and case studies.

To propose hypothetical cases.

A box that contains or can contain a number of identical items of manufacture.

A box, sheath, or covering generally.

Example: a case for spectacles; the case of a watch

A piece of luggage that can be used to transport an apparatus such as a sewing machine.

An enclosing frame or casing.

Example: a door case; a window case

To place (an item or items of manufacture) into a box, as in preparation for shipment.

To cover or protect with, or as if with, a case; to enclose.

To survey (a building or other location) surreptitiously, as in preparation for a robbery.

The last remaining card of a particular rank.

Example: He drew the case eight!