"put the case" meaning in English

See put the case in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: puts the case [present, singular, third-person], putting the case [participle, present], put the case [participle, past], put the case [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|<,,put>}} put the case (third-person singular simple present puts the case, present participle putting the case, simple past and past participle put the case)
  1. To suppose an instance; to take as an example.
    Sense id: en-put_the_case-en-verb-5EZ5rhSq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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    {
      "form": "puts the case",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "putting the case",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "put the case",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "put the case",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
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        "1": "<,,put>"
      },
      "expansion": "put the case (third-person singular simple present puts the case, present participle putting the case, simple past and past participle put the case)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
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          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
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          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To suppose an instance; to take as an example."
      ],
      "id": "en-put_the_case-en-verb-5EZ5rhSq",
      "links": [
        [
          "suppose",
          "suppose"
        ],
        [
          "instance",
          "instance"
        ],
        [
          "take",
          "take"
        ],
        [
          "example",
          "example"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "put the case"
}

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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "put the case",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "put the case",
      "tags": [
        "past"
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    }
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  "head_templates": [
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      },
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    }
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        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English verbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
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        "To suppose an instance; to take as an example."
      ],
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          "suppose",
          "suppose"
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        [
          "instance",
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        ],
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        ],
        [
          "example",
          "example"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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}

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