"be the case" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "is the case",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "being the case",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "was the case",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "been the case",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "be<is,being,was,been> the case"
      },
      "expansion": "be the case (third-person singular simple present is the case, present participle being the case, simple past was the case, past participle been the case)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with language name categories using raw markup",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English predicates",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To exist as an independent fact of (external) reality."
      ],
      "id": "en-be_the_case-en-verb-pVyUhfBC",
      "links": [
        [
          "exist",
          "exist"
        ],
        [
          "fact",
          "fact"
        ],
        [
          "external",
          "external"
        ],
        [
          "reality",
          "reality"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(stative) To exist as an independent fact of (external) reality."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "obtain"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "stative"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "my",
          "lang": "Burmese",
          "roman": "hut",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "ဟုတ်"
        },
        {
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "s'escaure"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "être le cas"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "der Fall sein"
        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "sōda",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "そうだ"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "vara fallet"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "be the case"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "is the case",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "being the case",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "was the case",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "been the case",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "be<is,being,was,been> the case"
      },
      "expansion": "be the case (third-person singular simple present is the case, present participle being the case, simple past was the case, past participle been the case)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English predicates",
        "English stative verbs",
        "English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
        "English verbs",
        "Translation table header lacks gloss"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To exist as an independent fact of (external) reality."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "exist",
          "exist"
        ],
        [
          "fact",
          "fact"
        ],
        [
          "external",
          "external"
        ],
        [
          "reality",
          "reality"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(stative) To exist as an independent fact of (external) reality."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "stative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "obtain"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "hut",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "ဟုတ်"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "s'escaure"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "être le cas"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "der Fall sein"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "sōda",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "そうだ"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "vara fallet"
    }
  ],
  "word": "be the case"
}