Definizione monolingua

case

case (third-person singular simple present cases, present participle casing, simple past and past participle cased)

1. (transitive) To place (an item or items of manufacture) into a box, as in preparation for shipment.
2. (transitive, informal) To survey (a building or other location) surreptitiously, as in preparation for a robbery.
   • 1977, Michael Innes, The Gay Phoenix, ISBN 9780396074427, p. 116:

     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.

case (plural cases)

1. 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.

   In case of fire, break glass. [sign on fire extinguisher holder in public space]

2. A piece of work, specifically defined within a profession.

   It was one of the detectives 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.

3. (law) A legal proceeding, lawsuit.
4. (grammar) A specific inflection of a word depending on its function in the sentence.

   The accusative case canonically indicates a direct object.

   Latin has six cases, and remnants of a seventh.

5. (grammar, uncountable) Grammatical 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.

6. (medicine) An instance of a specific condition or set of symptoms.

   There were another five cases reported overnight.

case (not comparable)

1. (poker slang) The last remaining card of a particular rank

   He drew the case eight!

Definizione dizionario case

	caso
	one of several similar instances or events which are being studied and compared
	instance of grammatical case
	Una delle tante simili istanze o eventi che si studiano o comparano.
	One of several similar instances or events which are being studied and compared.
	(Grammatica) Unione di casi grammaticali o dei loro significati in un linguaggio collettivo.
	(Grammar) (uncountable) A set of grammatical cases or their meanings in a particular language collectively.
	(Grammatica)Istanza di un caso grammaticale; una categoria di nomi, aggettivi, ecc., usata (usualmente in inflazione) per indicare una relazione sintattica particolare di altre parole in una frase.
	(Grammar) An instance of grammatical case; a category of nouns, pronouns, or adjectives, specialized (usually by inflection) to indicate a particular syntactic relation to other words in a sentence.
	A customer service issue or problem reported by a customer and the activities that customer service representatives use to resolve it.

	cassa
	A customer service issue or problem reported by a customer and the activities that customer service representatives use to resolve it.

	valigia
	Un bagaglio che può essere utilizzato per trasportare un apparecchio come una macchina per cucire.
	A piece of luggage that can be used to transport an apparatus such as a sewing machine.
	Grande parte del bagaglio (solitamente rettangolare) utilizzata per trasportare i vestiti ed a volte completi quando si viaggia.
	Large (usually rectangular) piece of luggage used for carrying clothes, and sometimes suits, when travelling.

affare

	cassetta
	a box containing a number of identical items of manufacture

	causa
	legal proceeding

	scatola
	Contenitore, generalmente di cartone, che contiene o può contenere un numero di oggetti della stessa fabbricazione.
	A box that contains or can contain a number of identical items of manufacture.

faccenda

	case
	A customer service issue or problem reported by a customer and the activities that customer service representatives use to resolve it.

	caso grammaticale
	Caso grammaticale nel quale una parola chiave viene usata.
	The grammaticalic case in which a noun is used.

	imballare
	Disporre un articolo o gli articoli della fabbricazione in una scatola, per prepararli per la spedizione.
	To place (an item or items of manufacture) into a box, as in preparation for shipment.

	inspezionare
	Esaminare (una costruzione o l'altro luogo) in modo diffidente, come in preparazione per una rapina.
	To survey (a building or other location) surreptitiously, as in preparation for a robbery.

	involucro
	Il rivestimento o la struttura esterna di una parte di un apparecchio come per esempio di un computer.
	The outer covering or framework of a piece of apparatus such as a computer.

	lettere
	Nella tipografia, la naturalezza di un tipo alfabetico, sia se è una maiuscola che una minuscola.
	In typography, the nature of a piece of alphabetic type, whether a “capital” (upper case) or “small” (lower case) letter.

	processo
	Esame e risoluzione giuridica dei problemi tra due partiti in discussione; se questi hanno bisogno delle emissioni di legge o del fatto. Un esame giudiziario, in conformità con la legge terrestre, di una causa civile o criminale, delle edizioni tra partiti, sia di legge che di fatto, davanti ad una corte che ha giurisdizione adeguata.
	A judicial examination and determination of issues between parties to action; whether they need issues of law or of fact. A judicial examination, in accordance with law of the land, of a cause, either civil or criminal, of the issues between the parties, whether of law or fact, before a court that has proper jurisdiction.

	valiggia
	Grande parte del bagaglio (solitamente rettangolare) utilizzata per trasportare i vestiti ed a volte completi quando si viaggia.
	Large (usually rectangular) piece of luggage used for carrying clothes, and sometimes suits, when travelling.

	vetrina
	Una parte del mobile, costruito parzialmente da vetro o da plastica trasparente, all'interno del quale si possono visualizzare gli articoli.
	A piece of furniture, Constructios partially of transparent glass or plastic, within which items can be displayed.

	vetrinetta
	Una parte del mobile, costruito parzialmente da vetro o da plastica trasparente, all'interno del quale si possono visualizzare gli articoli.
	A piece of furniture, Constructios partially of transparent glass or plastic, within which items can be displayed.

archivio

argomento

astuccio

avvenimento

busta

casella

cassa tipografica

contenitore

cosa

dativo

decadimento

evento

faccenda, affare, cosa

fattispecie

fatto

fodero

fondina

guaina

oggetto

problema

questione

recipiente

sentenza

tasca

tinozza

tronco

vaso

vocativo

Altri significati:

(grammar) A specific inflection of a word depending on its function in the sentence.

(law) A legal proceeding, lawsuit.

outer covering or framework of a piece of apparatus

set of grammatical cases or their meanings in a particular language collectively

A piece of work, specifically defined within a profession.

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

(poker slang) The last remaining card of a particular rank

suitcase

(typography) The nature of a piece of alphabetic type, whether a “capital” (upper case) or “small” (lower case) letter.

piece of furniture, constructed partially of transparent glass or plastic

An actual event, situation, or fact.

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

(US) A unit of liquid measure used to measure sales in the beverage industry equivalent to 192 fluid ounces.

piece of luggage that can be used to transport an apparatus

(poker slang) Four of a kind.

(watch) case

(legal) case

To place (an item or items of manufacture) into a box

(medical) case

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

(grammar, uncountable) Grammatical cases and their meanings taken either as a topic in general or within a specific language.

(medicine) An instance of a specific condition or set of symptoms.

To survey (a building or other location) surreptitiously

typography: the nature of a piece of alphabetic type

A suitcase.