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CASEBOOK
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Dictionary entry overview: What does casebook mean?
• CASEBOOK (noun)
The noun CASEBOOK has 1 sense:
1. a book in which detailed written records of a case are kept and which are a source of information for subsequent work
Familiarity information: CASEBOOK used as a noun is very rare.
• CASEBOOK (adjective)
The adjective CASEBOOK has 1 sense:
1. according to or characteristic of a casebook or textbook; typical
Familiarity information: CASEBOOK used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A book in which detailed written records of a case are kept and which are a source of information for subsequent work
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("casebook" is a kind of...):
written account; written record (a written document preserving knowledge of facts or events)
Derivation:
casebook (according to or characteristic of a casebook or textbook; typical)
Sense 1
Meaning:
According to or characteristic of a casebook or textbook; typical
Synonyms:
casebook; textbook
Context example:
a textbook example
Similar:
standard (established or well-known or widely recognized as a model of authority or excellence)
Derivation:
casebook (a book in which detailed written records of a case are kept and which are a source of information for subsequent work)
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