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case

/keɪs/ /keɪs/
General
  1. 1 kaplamak, (kutuya/kılıfa) koymak

Definition (English)

To cover something completely or put it inside a protective case.

Example Sentences

  1. The engine is cased in strong steel.
    Motor sağlam çelikle kaplanmış.
  2. The old letters were cased in glass at the museum.
    Eski mektuplar müzede cam kutulara konmuştu.
Informal
  1. 1 (soymak için) kolaçan etmek, keşif yapmak

Definition (English)

To look carefully around a building in order to plan how to steal from it.

Example Sentences

  1. The thieves had cased the house for days before the robbery.
    Hırsızlar soygundan önce günlerce evi kolaçan etmişti.
  2. Two men were seen casing the jewellery shop.
    İki adamın kuyumcuyu kolaçan ettiği görülmüş.

Verb Forms Regular

Base case
/keɪs/
Past cased
/keɪst/
Participle cased
/keɪst/
Spelling rule

Ends in ‑e: add ‑dcase → cased

Fiil -e ile bittiği için sonuna yalnızca -d eklenir.

Same rule: love → loved · live → lived · use → used

Pronunciation of -ed
/t/worked /d/played /ɪd/wanted

Fiil sert (ötümsüz) bir ünsüzle, /s/ sesiyle bittiği için -ed /t/ okunur; yeni hece eklenmez. cased /keɪst/

Synonyms

Collocations

case the jointcase a housebe cased in

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