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case1 [keɪs] N

1. case:

case
caso m
in any case
de qualquer maneira
in that case
nesse caso
just in case
se por acaso
in case it rains [or in case of rain]
caso chova
that is not the case
não é assim

2. case:

case MED, LING
caso m
a bad case of ...
um caso grave de ...

3. case LAW:

case
causa f

case2 N

1. case:

case (box, for camera, musical instrument)
caixa f
case (for jewels, glasses)
estojo m
glass case
vitrine f

2. case Brit (suitcase):

case
maleta f

pencil case N

pencil case
lapiseira f

upper case N no pl typ

upper case
maiúscula f

Usage examples with case

glass case
vitrine f
a bad case of ...
um caso grave de ...
to judge a case
julgar um caso
in case of necessity
em caso de necessidade
in neither case
em nenhum dos casos
in any case
de qualquer maneira
in that case
nesse caso
just in case
se por acaso
in (case of) an emergency
em caso de emergência
just in case it rains
se por acaso chover
that is not the case
não é assim
in case it rains [or in case of rain]
caso chova
at any rate [or in any case]
em todo caso
to lay one's case before sb/sth
apresentar o caso perante alguém/a. c.
it's (a case of) the pot calling the kettle black
é o roto falando do esfarrapado

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

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In such case there is little, if any, justification for determining objective arbitrability in accordance with the lex fori.
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In the case of dynamic recoding, perhaps only a single recoder is required, and then the network caches the new transcoding.
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Only the audience in this case wasn't a clutch of cinema-goers or theatre buffs.
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The case is still sensational, notorious and unresolved.
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This ruling held that tetanus vaccine caused a particular case of optic neuritis even though no scientific evidence supported the petitioner's claim.
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While her husband sulked or withdrew with hurt pride from a situation, she came to the forefront to plead his case or cause.
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Individuals receiving typewritten letters often found them insulting (as type implied they could not read handwriting) or impersonal, problems exacerbated by the all upper-case writing.
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As the primary legal resource for the state government, it also has a collection of case law from all fifty states.
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Six bits can only encode 64 distinct characters, so these codes generally include only the upper-case letters, the numerals, some punctuation characters, and sometimes control characters.
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Because the case seemed to have been solved, no post-mortem examination was ordered.
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