(n)case, instance, examplean occurrence of something“it was a case of bad judgment”, “another instance occurred yesterday”, “but there is always the famous example of the Smiths”
(n)event, casea special set of circumstances“in that event, the first possibility is excluded”, “it may rain in which case the picnic will be canceled”
(n)lawsuit, suit, case, cause, causaa comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy“the family brought suit against the landlord”
(n)subject, case, guinea piga person who is subjected to experimental or other observational procedures; someone who is an object of investigation“the subjects for this investigation were selected randomly”, “the cases that we studied were drawn from two different communities”
(n)character, eccentric, type, casea person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities)“a real character”, “a strange character”, “a friendly eccentric”, “the capable type”, “a mental case”
(n)case, compositor's case, typesetter's case(printing) the receptacle in which a compositor has his type, which is divided into compartments for the different letters, spaces, or numbers“for English, a compositor will ordinarily have two such cases, the upper case containing the capitals and the lower case containing the small letters”