case study

1. 1.

   a careful study of some social unit (as a corporation or division within a corporation) that attempts to determine what factors led to its success or failure

   Broaderreport

   corporation

2. 2.

   a detailed analysis of a person or group from a social or psychological or medical point of view

   Broaderanalysis

Questions about case study

What does case study mean?

case study means "a careful study of some social unit (as a corporation or division within a corporation) that attempts to determine what factors led to its success or failure". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

Is case study a common word?

case study is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.