"case study" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: case studies [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} case study (plural case studies)
  1. (uncountable) Research performed in detail on a single individual, group, incident or community, as opposed to, for instance, a sample of the whole population. Tags: uncountable Translations (research performed in detail on a single case): hadisənin öyrənilməsi (Azerbaijani), 個案研究 (Chinese Mandarin), 个案研究 (gè'àn yánjiū) (Chinese Mandarin), 個案調查 (Chinese Mandarin), 个案调查 (gè'àn diàochá) (Chinese Mandarin), 案例研究 (ànlì yánjiū) (Chinese Mandarin), případová studie [feminine] (Czech), tapaustutkimus (Finnish), case study (Finnish), étude de cas [feminine] (French), Fallstudie [feminine] (German), חקר מקרה [masculine] (Hebrew), esettanulmány (Hungarian), cás-staidéar [masculine] (Irish), staidéar ar chás áirithe [masculine] (Irish), staidéar cáis [masculine] (Irish), caso di studio [masculine] (Italian), 事例研究 (jirei kenkyū) (Japanese), ケーススタディー (kēsu sutadī) (Japanese), mātai tūāhua (Maori), studium przypadku [neuter] (Polish), estudo de caso [masculine] (Portuguese), уче́бный приме́р (učébnyj primér) [masculine] (Russian), студија случаја (studija slučaja) (Serbo-Croatian), fallstudie [common-gender] (Swedish), olay incelemesi (Turkish), nghiên cứu tình huống (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-case_study-en-noun-ugFTLfkh Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 95 5 Disambiguation of 'research performed in detail on a single case': 77 23
  2. (countable) A case used in a such research. Tags: countable Related terms: case report Translations (case used in such research): 個案研究 (Chinese Mandarin), 个案研究 (gè'àn yánjiū) (Chinese Mandarin), 個案調查 (Chinese Mandarin), 个案调查 (gè'àn diàochá) (Chinese Mandarin), 案例研究 (ànlì yánjiū) (Chinese Mandarin), case (Finnish), esimerkkitapaus (Finnish), מקרה בוחן [masculine] (Hebrew), cás-staidéar [masculine] (Irish), staidéar ar chás áirithe [masculine] (Irish), staidéar cáis [masculine] (Irish), mātai tūāhua (Maori)
    Sense id: en-case_study-en-noun-UeqnR3vK Disambiguation of 'case used in such research': 43 57

Inflected forms

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}

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