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Question: Job for a detective
Solution: CASE
CASE Definition 1:
A situation or occurrence that is an instance or example of something .
Examples:
That was true in all three cases. [=instances]
We usually ask for a 100-dollar deposit, but
They might not let you buy the tickets yet,
It was a
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CASE Definition 2:
A situation that is being investigated or managed by someone (such as a police officer or social worker) in an official way .
Examples:
Her disappearance is a case for the police.
Detectives are on the case.
A murder/rape/kidnapping case
The abused child’s case was turned over to state authorities.
CASE Definition 3:
A form of a noun, pronoun, or adjective showing its relationship to other words in a sentence .
Examples:
The word “child’s” in “a child’s shirt” is in the possessive case.
CASE Definition 4:
What actually exists or happens .
Examples:
A lot of people have had trouble working with him, and that was certainly the case with me. [=I also had trouble working with him]
She had expected him to come home, but that was not to be the case. [=but that didn’t happen]
The doctor may or may not have been at fault, but
CASE Definition 5:
A situation that will be talked about and decided in court
Examples:
A court case
A civil/criminal case
The lawyer agreed to take/handle the case.
I said that it wouldn’t work and it didn’t. I rest my case.
CASE Definition 6:
A convincing argument .
Examples:
He makes a good case for cutting expenses.
CASE Definition 7:
An occurrence of a disease or an injury .
Examples:
An AIDS case
He has a bad/severe/slight case of the flu.
CASE Definition 8:
An occurrence of discomfort, fear, etc. .
Examples:
She had a bad case of the nerves/jitters/butterflies [=she was very nervous] before she gave her report.
CASE Definition 9:
A particular person and his or her condition or character
Examples:
You are a sad case.
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