ˈkeɪsɪŋ kɔːz kɔz ˈkɛɹ(ə)ktɚ ˈkæɹəktə ɪkˈsɛntɹɪk ɛkˈsɛntɹɪk ɪˈvɛnt ɪɡˈzɑːmpl̩ ɘɡˈzɐːmpɯ əɡˈzæmpl̩ feɪs fɒnt ˈɡɪni pɪɡ ˈɪnstəns ˈlɔˌs(j)ut ˈpɪləʊˌkeɪs ˈpɪloʊˌkeɪs ˈpɘlɐʉˌkæes ʃiːθ ʃiθ ʃɛl ˈʃəʊˌkeɪs ˈʃoʊˌkeɪs ˈsʌb.dʒɛkt s(j)uːt s(j)ut taɪp vɪˈtɹiːn a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy the family brought suit against the landlord enclose in, or as if in, a case my feet were encased in mud look over, usually with the intention to rob The men cased the house a portable container for carrying several objects the musicians left their instrument cases backstage a glass container used to store and display items in a shop or museum or home bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow the burglar carried his loot in a pillowcase (printing) the receptacle in which a compositor has their 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 the enclosing frame around a door or window opening the casings had rotted away and had to be replaced the housing or outer covering of something the clock has a walnut case an enveloping structure or covering enclosing an animal or plant organ or part the actual state of things that was not the case nouns or pronouns or adjectives (often marked by inflection) related in some way to other words in a sentence a statement of facts and reasons used to support an argument he stated his case clearly a problem requiring investigation Perry Mason solved the case of the missing heir a specific size and style of type within a type family an occurrence of something it was a case of bad judgment another instance occurred yesterday but there is always the famous example of the Smiths a person requiring professional services a typical case was the suburban housewife described by a marriage counselor a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities) a real character a strange character a friendly eccentric the capable type a mental case a 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 the quantity contained in a case a special set of circumstances in that event, the first possibility is excluded it may rain in which case the picnic will be canceled a specific state of mind that is temporary a case of the jitters