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case — I. /keɪs / (say kays) noun 1. an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something. 2. the actual state of things: *This has been the case for a year, now. –glenda adams, 1982. 3. a question or problem of moral conduct: a case of… …
case — 1. There are two distinct nouns: a) The one meaning ‘an example of an occurrence’: In this case they are wrong. From this use there have developed several idiomatic phrases (in case, in any case, in some cases, in the case of) as well as several… … Modern English usage
Case in tiers — is a model for assigning surface case to noun phrases (NPs) in a sentence. Introduced in Yip, Maling, and Jackendoff 1987, it has received at least 88 scholarly citations according to Google Scholar. The model takes its inspiration from the… … Wikipedia
case — I [[t]ke͟ɪs[/t]] INSTANCES AND OTHER ABSTRACT MEANINGS ♦ cases 1) N COUNT: oft in N, N of n A particular case is a particular situation or incident, especially one that you are using as an individual example or instance of something. Surgical… … English dictionary
Phrase (music) — For other uses, see Phrase (disambiguation). In music and music theory, phrase and phrasing are concepts and practices related to grouping consecutive melodic notes, both in their composition and performance. A musical work is typically made up… … Wikipedia
phrase — (fra z ) s. f. 1° Assemblage de mots formant un sens complet, distingué de la proposition en ce que la phrase est surtout considérée grammaticalement, et la proposition, logiquement. • On proposa une distribution des meilleurs auteurs à tous… … Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré
phrase — /frayz/, n., v., phrased, phrasing. n. 1. Gram. a. a sequence of two or more words arranged in a grammatical construction and acting as a unit in a sentence. b. (in English) a sequence of two or more words that does not contain a finite verb and… … Universalium
Case Closed — Détective Conan Pour les articles homonymes, voir Conan. Détective Conan 名探偵 コナン (Meitantei Konan) Genre comédie dramatique, roman policier … Wikipédia en Français
Case government — Government is a linguistic term for a kind of influence that one grammatical element exerts on another, and the canonical example of government is case government, when a verb or preposition is said to govern the grammatical case on its noun… … Wikipedia
case — In origin, case really is two different words, one derived from a form meaning receptacle or container, the other meaning instance or example. In both senses, the word has been abused and overused. Case is slang in such expressions as case the… … Dictionary of problem words and expressions
