| 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" पर्याय: lawsuit, suit, cause, causa,
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| a portable container for carrying several objects; "the musicians left their instrument cases backstage"
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| a glass container used to store and display items in a shop or museum or home पर्याय: display case, showcase, vitrine,
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| bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow; "the burglar carried his loot in a pillowcase" पर्याय: pillowcase, slip, pillow slip,
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| (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" पर्याय: compositor''s case, typesetter''s case,
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| the enclosing frame around a door or window opening; "the casings had rotted away and had to be replaced" पर्याय: casing,
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| the housing or outer covering of something; "the clock has a walnut case" पर्याय: shell, casing,
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| an enveloping structure or covering enclosing an animal or plant organ or part पर्याय: sheath,
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| the actual state of things; "that was not the case"
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| nouns or pronouns or adjectives (often marked by inflection) related in some way to other words in a sentence पर्याय: grammatical case,
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| a statement of facts and reasons used to support an argument; "he stated his case clearly"
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| a problem requiring investigation; "Perry Mason solved the case of the missing heir"
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| a specific size and style of type within a type family पर्याय: font, fount, typeface, face,
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| 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" पर्याय: instance, example,
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| a person requiring professional services; "a typical case was the suburban housewife described by a marriage counselor"
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| 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" पर्याय: character, eccentric, type,
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| 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" पर्याय: subject, guinea pig,
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| the quantity contained in a case पर्याय: caseful,
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| a special set of circumstances; "in that event, the first possibility is excluded"; "it may rain in which case the picnic will be canceled" पर्याय: event,
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| a specific state of mind that is temporary; "a case of the jitters"
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