case

I

n

1. instance, occurrence, occasion; happening, phenomenon, event, adventure; affair, concern, matter, business; precedent, antecedent, exemplar; representative, prototype, type, standard, model, paradigm, norm; example, illustration, sample, exemplification, specimen.

2. situation, condition, state, circumstance, position, place; plight, problem, difficulty; predicament, Inf. fix, Inf. pickle, mess, pinch, turn, straits; dilemma, impasse, cul-de-sac, corner.

3. statement, presentation, postulation, plea; explanation, exposition, explication, reasoning, reason, rationale; argument, position, premise; thesis, assumption, hypothesis, supposition, presupposition, sup-posal; evidence, ground, testimony, proof, facts.

4. patient, sick person, invalid, valetudinarian, sufferer, victim, Archaic. sickling.

II

n

1. container, box, receptacle, can, canister, skippet; carton, package, crate, trunk, coffer, casket, caddy, bin, chest, cabinet; Rom. Cath. Ch. monstrance or ostensorium, pyx, Gk. and Rom. Antiq. pyxis; repository, reliquary, shrine; tray, vasculum; vessel, cask, hogshead, firkin, keg, tun, tub, vat, barrel; cartridge, cartouche, magazine, chamber.

2. covering, casing, sheathing, sheath, scabbard; envelope, wrapper, jacket, cover; boot, socket, holder, ferrule; integument, tegument, investment, Bot. involucre or involucrum, capsule, sac, wrapping, cloak; casement, housing, protection; pod, calyx, Dial. cod; rind, crust, peel, skin; shell, husk, bark, cortex, hull.

3. pair, couple, brace.

4. frame, framework, form, mold, cut; shape, structure, outline, contour.

III

; check-out area, cash register, cashier.

2. token, marker, man, checker; disk, wafer, coin, slug, Obs. plate.