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 antigo que significa 'notável' ou 'clássico', usado para descrever o exemplo perfeito ou típico de algo, especialmente em contexto negativo (por exemplo, 'exemplo clássico de fracasso'). Hoje é geralmente substituído por 'didático' ou 'clássico'.

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.

   🇵🇹Clássico

   Sinônimos: 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.

• 🇵🇹Substantivo que designa um livro que reúne registros detalhados de casos, usado como fonte de consulta ou estudo para trabalhos posteriores. No direito, refere-se a uma coletânea de decisões judiciais ou pareceres; em outras áreas, a um compêndio de casos clínicos, sociais ou exemplos práticos.

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.

   🇵🇹Livro de casos

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