case (EN)

noun, verb

noun “case”

1. a real event, situation, or fact
   Mellen Iech un, fir d'Iwwersetzungen vun den Beispillsätz an d'monolingual Definitioune vun all Wuert ze gesinn.

   In this case, the evidence clearly pointed to the suspect's innocence.
2. a specific task (within a profession such as a detective)
   The lawyer spent the weekend preparing for the new case she was assigned.
3. a legal action or lawsuit
   The lawyer prepared diligently for the upcoming case to ensure his client would be acquitted.
4. an occurrence of a disease or medical condition
   The doctor diagnosed three new cases of chickenpox in the clinic today.
5. (in grammar) the form a word takes to show its function in a sentence
   In the sentence "She gave him a book," "him" is in the dative case, indicating the indirect object of the verb.
6. a box for holding multiple identical items
   The warehouse stores cases of bottled water for emergency distribution.
7. a piece of luggage for clothes
   She packed her clothes into a large case before heading to the airport.
8. a protective or enclosing structure
   She placed her glasses in a hard case to prevent them from getting scratched.
9. the protective outer part of a computer
   I dropped a mug on my PC, but luckily, the sturdy case protected it from any damage.
10. whether a letter is uppercase or lowercase in printing
    In the document, the case of the first letter in each sentence was changed from lowercase to uppercase.

verb “case”

1. to enclose or protect something as if putting it into a case
   The precious violin was carefully cased in velvet to protect it from damage.