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'.

• 🇫🇷Adjectif désuet signifiant « remarquable » ou « classique », souvent utilisé pour décrire un exemple idéal ou typique de quelque chose, surtout dans un contexte négatif (par exemple, « un exemple type d'échec »). De nos jours, il est surtout remplacé par « textbook » (typique, parfait).

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.

   🇫🇷Classique / typique

   Synonymes: 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.

• 🇫🇷Nom désignant un recueil de cas documentés et détaillés, utilisé comme référence pour étudier ou travailler sur des situations similaires, notamment en droit, en médecine ou en enseignement.

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.

   🇫🇷Recueil de cas

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