case

A grammatical category, associated primarily with nouns and pronouns, which registers the syntactic relations between words in a sentence. In inflectional languages, nouns have a range of variant forms, with affixes marking the various cases, as in Latin mensa (‘table’, nominative), mensam (accusative), and mensae (genitive). The cases have important grammatical functions: the nominative typically identifies a word that is the subject of a sentence; the accusative marks the object; while the genitive marks the possessor of something. Some languages have many case forms: Finnish, for example, has 15.

Case can refer to:

General:

Legal case, a dispute between opposing parties, being resolved by a court of law In jurisprudence, the evidence in a legal case A statement of facts and reasons to support a point of view The possible state of things, considered in case analysis, including best, worst and average case. An instance or example used in case study and machine learning A problem requiring investigation, or the actual investigation Suitcase, briefcase, attaché case, packing case, PDA Case or similar. Casing (ammunition) Computer case, a computer chassis Letter case in typography (the distinction between majuscule and minuscule letter forms) or sentence case. Case (Neuromancer), the protagonist of the novel Neuromancer by William Gibson Case Corporation, defunct manufacturer of agricultural equipment and tractors Case Western Reserve University, an independent research university in Cleveland, Ohio Case (singer), an R&B singer signed to the Def Soul label Neko Case, an American singer-songwriter known for her solo Country music and as a member of The New Pornographers Neighborhoods of the Italian city of Cesena (Pronounced: /'ka.ze/. Italian for "houses"): Case Castagnoli Case Missiroli Case Gentili Case Scuola Vecchia Case Venzi