casebook

An archaic adjective meaning 'notable' or 'classic', often used to describe a perfect or typical example of something, especially in a negative context (e.g., 'a casebook example of failure'). Now largely replaced by 'textbook'.

• 🇪🇸Adjetivo que designa algo que constituye un ejemplo perfecto o característico de una categoría, especialmente en un sentido negativo o de fracaso; se usa sobre todo en la expresión 'caso de manual' o 'ejemplo de manual'. Es sinónimo de 'textbook' y su uso es común en contextos académicos o profesionales.

1. Textbook or typical C1 formal

   Exactly as described in a textbook; perfectly typical or characteristic of a particular situation or condition.

   • The patient displayed casebook symptoms of the rare disease.
   • His reaction was a casebook example of stage fright.
   • The detective described the crime as a casebook murder investigation.

   🇪🇸típico, de libro

   Sinónimos: archetypalclassicexemplarymodelprototypicalquintessentialrepresentativestandardtextbooktypical

• more casebook comparative form
• most casebook superlative form

A noun referring to a book containing detailed written records of cases, used as a source of information for subsequent work.

• 🇪🇸Sustantivo que designa un libro con registros detallados de casos, utilizado como material de referencia o estudio, especialmente en ámbitos como el derecho o la medicina.

1. Record of cases B2 formal

   A book containing detailed written records of cases, used as a reference for future work.

   • The detective kept a casebook of all his investigations.
   • Medical students study a casebook of patient histories.
   • The lawyer's casebook contained notes from every trial he had worked on.

   🇪🇸Cuaderno de casos

• casebooks plural form
• casebooks' possessive plural form
• casebook's possessive singular form