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Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : keys
Phonetic Transcription : keɪs



Definition of cases

Origin :
  • early 13c., "what befalls one; state of affairs," from Old French cas "an event, happening, situation, quarrel, trial," from Latin casus "a chance, occasion, opportunity; accident, mishap," literally "a falling," from cas-, past participle stem of cadere "to fall, sink, settle down, decline, perish" (used widely: of the setting of heavenly bodies, the fall of Troy, suicides), from PIE root *kad- "to lay out, fall or make fall, yield, break up" (cf. Sanskrit sad- "to fall down," Armenian chacnum "to fall, become low," perhaps also Middle Irish casar "hail, lightning"). The notion being "that which falls" as "that which happens" (cf. befall).
  • Meaning "instance, example" is from c.1300. Meaning "actual state of affairs" is from c.1400. Given widespread extended and transferred senses in English in law (16c.), medicine (18c.), etc.; the grammatical sense (late 14c.) was in Latin. U.S. slang meaning "person" is from 1848. In case "in the event" is recorded from mid-14c. Case history is from 1879, originally medical; case study "study of a particular case" is from 1879, originally legal.
  • noun container; items in container
  • noun circumstance, conditions
  • noun example
  • noun matter brought before a court
  • verb check something in detail
Example sentences :
  • He now and then indulges in sarcasm, which is, in most cases, very felicitous.
  • Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
  • How this rule is going to be applied in cases of aeroplanes, remains to be seen.
  • Extract from : « Flying Machines » by W.J. Jackman and Thos. H. Russell
  • The greatness of a country does not in all cases turn on its great rogues.
  • Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 2, April 9, 1870 » by Various
  • Fortunately for me, there were two cases of fever and ague in the ship.
  • Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • In some cases, this must be imputed to themselves, as their own fault.
  • Extract from : « Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. I » by Francis Augustus Cox
  • This, in cases of friendship, would admit of very strict discussion.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 2 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • And, of course, there must be cures out of so large a number of cases.
  • Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
  • In this as in most cases, the shortest and safest way to seem is to be.
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 9 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • Her relation to her husband, in the immense majority of cases, is made for her, and not by her.
  • Extract from : « Slavery Ordained of God » by Rev. Fred A. Ross, D.D.
  • In some cases this maxim may be just, but not in the present instance.
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 8 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth

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