Casenoun詞源 1/keɪs/

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  grammarhuman-scienceslinguisticsabstract feature of a noun phrase that determines its function in a sentence, such as a grammatical case and a position.

  • The basic principle governing case is: (20) The Case filter: A lexicalized NP must bear a Case feature in S-structure. ‘Case’ with a capital C is here understood not as morphologically marked case, but as an abstract feature which will be present even in languages such as Swahili or Chinese which lack case marking on NPs (it is usually assumed however, that Case will be congruent with morphological case where the latter is present).
  • When we have clitic doubling constructions (with both a full NP and a clitic), the NP needs a dummy Case marker in order to get Case, as its “normal” Case is absorbed by the clitic, otherwise it will be ruled out by the Case Filter. It must be stressed that ‘Case’ here is abstract Case (written with capital C), a licensing requirement making arguments visible for θ-marking, and not morphological case.

Casename詞源 2/keɪs/

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  A surname.

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  A place name:

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  A place name:

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  A place name:

casenoun詞源 1/keɪs/

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  An actual event, situation, or fact.

  • For a change, in this case, he was telling the truth.
  • It is not the case that every unfamiliar phrase is an idiom.
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  archaicA given condition or state.

  • Thus vvhilſt he hopt he hild her leaſt, ſo altereth the cace / VVith ſuch as ſhe, Ah ſuch it is to build on ſuch a face.
  • Ne wist he how to turne, nor to what place: / Was never wretched man in such a wofull cace.
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  A specific matter or piece of work, specifically defined within a profession, usually in respect of a specific person and/or event; the set of tasks involved in addressing one such matter.

  • It was one of the detective's easiest cases.
  • Social workers should work on a maximum of forty active cases.
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  academiascholarlysciencesAn instance or event as a topic of study.

  • The teaching consists of theory lessons and case studies.
  • He draws eclectically on studies of baboons, descriptive anthropological accounts of hunter-gatherer societies and, in a few cases, the fossil record.
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  lawA legal proceeding; a lawsuit or prosecution.

  • “Two or three months more went by ; the public were eagerly awaiting the arrival of this semi-exotic claimant to an English peerage, and sensations, surpassing those of the Tichbourne case, were looked forward to with palpitating interest. […]”
  • As the conflict has dragged on, prosecutors in Ukraine are now pursuing 247 cases of environmental war crimes against Russia in Ukrainian courts and the International Criminal Court, according to reporting published in April by the New York Times.
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  grammarhuman-scienceslinguisticsA specific inflection of a word (particularly a noun, pronoun, or adjective) depending on its function in the sentence.

  • The accusative case most commonly indicates a direct object.
  • Latin has six cases, and remnants of a seventh.
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  grammarhuman-scienceslinguisticsGrammatical cases and their meanings taken either as a topic in general or within a specific language.

  • Jane has been studying case in Caucasian languages.
  • Latin is a language that employs case.
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  medicinesciencesAn instance of a specific condition or set of symptoms.

  • There were another five cases reported overnight.
  • We turn next to the puzzle of borderlineness: If Harry is intermediate between clear cases and clear noncases of baldness, “Is Harry bald?” seems to have no good, direct, answer.

caseverb詞源 1/keɪs/

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  obsoleteTo propose hypothetical cases.

  • Casing upon the Matter.

casenoun詞源 2/keɪs/

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

  • When the ship reached Melbourne two days later we collared a couple of cases of apples from the hold and hid them in our bunks.
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  A box, sheath, or covering generally.

  • a case for spectacles; the case of a watch
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  A piece of luggage that can be used to transport an apparatus such as a sewing machine.

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  An enclosing frame or casing.

  • a door case; a window case
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  A suitcase.

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  A piece of furniture, constructed partially of transparent glass or plastic, within which items can be displayed.

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  The outer covering or framework of a piece of apparatus such as a computer.

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  historicalmediaprintingpublishingA shallow tray divided into compartments or “boxes” for holding type, traditionally arranged in sets of two, the “upper case” (containing capitals, small capitals, accented) and "lower case" (small letters, figures, punctuation marks, quadrats, and spaces).

caseadj詞源 2/keɪs/

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  slangcard-gamespokerThe last remaining card of a particular rank.

  • He drew the case eight!
  • If he did have a bigger ace, I still had at least six outs — the case ace, two nines, and three tens. I could also have more outs if he held anything less than A-K.

caseverb詞源 2/keɪs/

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

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

  • The man who, cased in steel, had passed whole days and nights in the saddle.
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  informalTo survey (a building or other location) surreptitiously, as in preparation for a robbery.

  • You are in the grounds of Brockholes Abbey, a house into which a great deal of valuable property has just been moved. And your job is to case the joint for a break in.
  • Bonnie worked as a daycare director. She helped case the FBI office by posing as a college student interested in becoming an FBI agent.

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