case study

American  

noun

• case studies
  plural

1. a study of an individual unit, as a person, family, or social group, usually emphasizing developmental issues and relationships with the environment, especially in order to compare a larger group to the individual unit.

2. case history.

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case study British  

noun

1. the act or an instance of analysing one or more particular cases or case histories with a view to making generalizations

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• case studies
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of case study

First recorded in 1930–35

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

case study

"I think bluefin tuna is a golden case study that fisheries management works," she said.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

"This case study highlights the need for continued systematic documentation of rare neonatal mortality events to better understand the cognitive, emotional, and evolutionary significance of post-mortem behavior in large whales," he said.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026

In reality, according to the case study, the patient hadn’t declined at all.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026

Another patient, a 65-year-old veteran whose experience was chronicled in a case study published in the American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry this spring, fed ChatGPT the results of two previous memory tests.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026

Musical play: A case study of preschool children and parents.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin

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