Word Meanings - CASE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A shallow tray divided into compartments or "boxes" for holding type. Note: Cases for type are usually arranged in sets of two, called respectively the upper and the lower case. The upper case contains capitals, small capitals, accented; the lower

Additional info about word: CASE

A shallow tray divided into compartments or "boxes" for holding type. Note: Cases for type are usually arranged in sets of two, called respectively the upper and the lower case. The upper case contains capitals, small capitals, accented; the lower case contains the small letters, figures, marks of punctuation, quadrats, and spaces. 4. An inclosing frame; a casing; as, a door case; a window case. (more info) chest, box, case, fr. caper to take, hold See Capacious, and cf. 4th 1. A box, sheath, or covering; as, a case for holding goods; a case for spectacles; the case of a watch; the case of a cartridge; a case for a book. 2. A box and its contents; the quantity contained in a box; as, a case of goods; a case of instruments.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of CASE)

• Condition
• State
• case
• mood
• term
• mode
• qualification
• requisite
• stipulation
• predicament
• proviso
• situation
• circumstances
• plight
• Instance
• Entreaty
• request
• prompting
• persuasion
• example
• solicitation
• illustration
• exemplification
• occurrence
• point
• precedence
• Receptacle
• Repository
• lodgment
• recipient
• magazine
• store
• berth
• Sample
• Specimen
• pattern
• scantling

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of CASE)

• Suppress
• repress
• suppose
• imply
• deny
• contradict
• retract

Related words: (words related to CASE)

• STORER
  One who lays up or forms a store.
• INSTANCE
  1. The act or quality of being instant or pressing; urgency; solicitation; application; suggestion; motion. Undertook at her instance to restore them. Sir W. Scott. 2. That which is instant or urgent; motive. The instances that second marriage
• STATESMANLIKE
  Having the manner or wisdom of statesmen; becoming a statesman.
• PROMPT-BOOK
  The book used by a prompter of a theater.
• IMPLY
  1. To infold or involve; to wrap up. "His head in curls implied." Chapman. 2. To involve in substance or essence, or by fair inference, or by construction of law, when not include virtually; as, war implies fighting. Where a mulicious act is
• BERTH
  Convenient sea room. A room in which a number of the officers or ship's company mess and reside. The place where a ship lies when she is at anchor, or at a wharf. 2. An allotted place; an appointment; situation or employment. "He has a good berth."
• CONTRADICTABLE
  Capable of being contradicting.
• STATEHOOD
  The condition of being a State; as, a territory seeking Statehood.
• MAGAZINE CAMERA
  A camera in which a number of plates can be exposed without reloading.
• QUALIFICATION
  1. The act of qualifying, or the condition of being qualified. 2. That which qualifies; any natural endowment, or any acquirement, which fits a person for a place, office, or employment, or which enables him to sustian any character with success;
• RETRACTOR
  One who, or that which, retracts. Specifically: In breech-loading firearms, a device for withdrawing a cartridge shell from the barrel.
• CONTRADICTIVE
  Contradictory; inconsistent. -- Con`tra*dict"ive*ly, adv..
• SUPPRESSOR
  One who suppresses.
• LODGMENT
  The occupation and holding of a position, as by a besieging party; an instrument thrown up in a captured position; as, to effect a lodgment. (more info) 1. The act of lodging, or the state of being lodged. Any particle which is of size enough to
• CONDITIONALITY
  The quality of being conditional, or limited; limitation by certain terms.
• STIPULATION
  A material article of an agreement; an undertaking in the nature of bail taken in the admiralty courts; a bargain. Bouvier. Wharton. Syn. -- Agreement; contract; engagement. See Covenant. (more info) 1. The act of stipulating; a contracting or
• POINT SWITCH
  A switch made up of a rail from each track, both rails being tapered far back and connected to throw alongside the through rail of either track.
• REPRESSIBLE
  Capable of being repressed.
• PROVISORILY
  In a provisory manner; conditionally; subject to a proviso; as, to admit a doctrine provisorily. Sir W. Hamilton.
• POINTLESSLY
  Without point.
• PREREQUISITE
  Previously required; necessary as a preliminary to any proposed effect or end; as, prerequisite conditions of success.
• CREBRICOSTATE
  Marked with closely set ribs or ridges.
• SAGEBRUSH STATE
  Nevada; -- a nickname.
• UNEXAMPLED
  Having no example or similar case; being without precedent; unprecedented; unparalleled. "A revolution . . . unexampled for grandeur of results." De Quincey.
• OLD LINE STATE
  Maryland; a nickname, alluding to the fact that its northern boundary in Mason and Dixon's line.
• ENSTATE
  See INSTATE
• COVER-POINT
  The fielder in the games of cricket and lacrosse who supports "point."
• KATASTATE
  A substance formed by a katabolic process; -- opposed to anastate. See Katabolic.
• BAYOU STATE
  Mississippi; -- a nickname, from its numerous bayous.
• REESTATE
  To reëstablish. Walis.