case
English
/keɪs/
noun
Definitions
- An actual event, situation, or fact.
- (now) A given condition or state.
- A piece of work, specifically defined within a profession.
- (academia) An instance or event as a topic of study.
- (legal) A legal proceeding, lawsuit.
- (grammar) A specific inflection of a word depending on its function in the sentence.
- (grammar) grammatical 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.
- (programming) A section of code representing one of the actions of a conditional switch.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English cas derived from Old French cas (an event) derived from Latin casus (occasion, a fall, noun case, a falling, occurrence, accident, event, opportunity) root from Proto-Indo-European *ḱh₂d- (fall).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*ḱh₂d-
Gloss
fall
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- accidence English
- accidentally English
- bearer English
- bearing English
- book English
- bookcase English
- bound English
- brain English
- braincase English
- brief English
- briefcase English
- business English
- business case English
- cap English
- capcase English
- card English
- cardcase English
- casal English
- casebearer English
- casebearing English
- casebook English
- casebound English
- casefic English
- casefile English
- caseful English
- caseharden English
- casekeeper English
- caseless English
- caselessness English
- caselike English
- caseload English
- casemaker English
- casemaking English
- caseman English
- caseness English
- casewise English
- casework English
- caseworker English
- caseworm English
- casualty English
- chain English
- chaincase English
- clock English
- clockcase English
- countercase English
- crank English
- crankcase English
- discase English
- door English
- doorcase English
- down English
- downcase English
- encase English
- encasement English
- encaser English
- fic English
- file English
- flight English
- flightcase English
- harden English
- head English
- headcase English
- incase English
- incident English
- intercase English
- intracase English
- keeper English
- load English
- long English
- longcase English
- maker English
- making English
- meat English
- meatcase English
- megacase English
- multicase English
- needle English
- needlecase English
- noncase English
- note English
- notecase English
- nut English
- nutcase English
- occiduous English
- pen English
- pencase English
- pillow English
- pillowcase English
- pipe English
- pipecase English
- pod English
- podcase English
- recase English
- recidivate English
- recidivism English
- recidivistic English
- recidivous English
- road English
- road case English
- sad English
- sadcase English
- seed English
- seedcase English
- show English
- showcase English
- showcaser English
- slip English
- slipcase English
- slipcased English
- stair English
- staircase English
- staircaselike English
- subcase English
- title English
- titlecase English
- tool English
- toolcase English
- tray English
- traycase English
- traycased English
- type English
- typecase English
- uncase English
- unicase English
- upper English
- uppercase English
- watch English
- watchcase English
- wing English
- wingcase English
- work English
- worker English
- worm English
- keissi Finnish
- *casicō Latin
- accidēns Latin
- cadaver Latin
- cadere Latin
- cadāver Latin
- cadō Latin
- capsa Latin
- casus Latin
- cāsus Latin
- cāsuālis Latin
- decadens Latin
- decadentia Latin
- decido Latin
- dēciduus Latin
- dēcidō, decidere Latin
- excido Latin
- incidens Latin
- occasionem Latin
- occidens Latin
- occidentalis Latin
- occidentem Latin
- recidivus Latin
- recido Latin
- Kasus German
- cascata Italian
- caso Italian
- grancassa Italian
- cas French
- coïncider French
- en-cas French
- encas French
- récidiviste French
- казус Russian
- кейс Russian
- caja Spanish, Castilian
- cajero Spanish, Castilian
- cajuela Spanish, Castilian
- cajón Spanish, Castilian
- desencajar Spanish, Castilian
- encajar Spanish, Castilian
- *kad- Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱad- Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱh₂d- Proto-Indo-European
- kasus Norwegian Bokmål
- kasus Swedish
- ケース Japanese
- ショーケース Japanese
- kasus Norwegian Nynorsk
- cas Middle English
- cás Irish
- cas Old French
- kazo Esperanto
- เคส Thai
- kazo Ido
- kaha Tagalog
- kes Malay
- case Chinese
- kesi Swahili
- 쇼케이스 Korean
- *kadō Proto-Italic
- ikesi Zulu
- cascar Venetian
- kes Tok Pisin
- casse xno
- ka Haitian, Haitian Creole
- kaja Chamicuro
- pen
- nut
- cap
- fic
- sad
- pod
- note
- slip
- seed
- file
- head
- type
- tool
- tray
- meat
- card
- show
- worm
- work
- pipe
- book
- wing
- down
- road
- long
- door
- load
- crank
- brain
- bound
- chain
- watch
- upper
- clock
- stair
- maker
- brief
- title
- casal
- pillow
- flight
- bearer
- recase
- harden
- incase
- making
- uncase
- keeper
- needle
- encase
- worker
- unicase
- discase
- nutcase
- capcase
- noncase
- bearing
- subcase
- caseful
- encaser
- caseman
- casefic
- sadcase
- podcase
- pencase
- meatcase
- notecase
- business
- caselike
- casebook
- casework
- headcase
- bookcase
- downcase
- caseness
- casewise
- toolcase
- pipecase
- seedcase
- wingcase
- megacase
- showcase
- longcase
- caseworm
- traycase
- doorcase
- casualty
- slipcase
- casefile
- incident
- typecase
- caseload
- caseless
- cardcase
- traycased
- uppercase
- braincase
- briefcase
- crankcase
- staircase
- showcaser
- slipcased
- accidence
- intracase
- titlecase
- casemaker
- road case
- casebound
- chaincase
- clockcase
- multicase
- watchcase
- intercase
- occiduous
- casekeeper
- casebearer
- caseworker
- pillowcase
- recidivism
- recidivate
- recidivous
- needlecase
- caseharden
- encasement
- flightcase
- casemaking
- casebearing
- countercase
- caselessness
- accidentally
- recidivistic
- business case
- staircaselike