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'.

• 🇷🇺Устаревшее прилагательное, означающее 'заметный' или 'классический', часто используемое для описания идеального или типичного примера чего-либо, особенно в негативном контексте (например, 'хрестоматийный пример неудачи'). Сейчас в основном заменено словом 'textbook'.

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.

   🇷🇺Классический

   Синонимы: 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.

• 🇷🇺Существительное, обозначающее книгу, содержащую подробные письменные записи случаев, используемую как источник информации для последующей работы.

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.

   🇷🇺Сборник дел

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