Phrase Hound found 404 phrases and 135 compound words that contain case. The most common are listed below. Open case in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 404
- case studyResearch performed in detail on a single individual, group, incident or community, as opposed to, for instance, a sample of the whole population.
- just in caseTo provide for a possible event as a precaution.
- lower caseThe minuscule or small letters (a, b, c, as opposed to the uppercase or capital letters, A, B, C).
- case lawLaw developed by judges through court decisions and opinions, as distinct from statute and other legislation.
- special caseA specialized instance of a more general phenomenon, category, etc.
- case sensitiveDistinguishing upper- and lower-case letters. Often used in computer science to indicate a distinction is made in comparison or equality of letters based on case. For example, a case-sensitive password will not recognize "Password" and …
- case studiesplural of case study: Research performed in detail on a single individual, group, incident or community, as opposed to, for instance, a sample of the whole population.
- upper caseThe capital letters A, B, C, ... as opposed to the small letters a, b, c, ....
- test caseA legal action intended to set a precedent.
- court casea legal case to be resolved in a court
- make a caseTo argue for a set of facts or arguments in support of one side in a legal case.
- worst-caseIn the least favorable of all possible circumstances.
- index caseThe first documented case in a disease epidemic within a population or the first case of interest in an epidemiological investigation: the case of patient zero (the index patient).
- business caseA reason for doing something; an explanation of the benefit of some course of action to a business.
- build a caseto compile evidence that supports a charge against someone.
- use caseA potential scenario in which a system receives an external request (such as user input) and responds to it.
- put the caseTo suppose an instance; to take as an example.
- made a casesimple past and past participle of make a case
- making a casepresent participle of make a case: To argue for a set of facts or arguments in support of one side in a legal case.
- case historyThe details of the history of some case (often medical).
- case fileA file detailing a legal or medical case.
- makes a casethird-person singular simple present indicative of make a case: To argue for a set of facts or arguments in support of one side in a legal case.
- case insensitiveTreating or interpreting upper- and lowercase letters as being the same.
- One case
- Case management
Compound words 135
- showcaseA case for displaying merchandise or valuable items.
- briefcaseA case used for carrying documents, especially for business.
- bookcaseA piece of furniture for the storage and display of books.
- pillowcaseA washable, easily removable cloth cover for pillows.
- crankcaseThe part of an engine that contains the crankshaft.
- caseloadThe workload of a person or group that handles cases; the relative volume of cases expected to be worked upon.
- caseworkAny type of work done on an individual case, such as a legal case or a client case in social services.
- casebookA kind of book, used in law schools, containing the text of court opinions in legal cases accompanied by analysis and related materials.
- nutcaseAn eccentric or odd person.
- slipcaseA box, open on one end, for keeping a set of books together.