Case Definition
- typesetter's case
- compositor's case
- crank
- problem
- bother
- in the event that
- no-matter-what
- regardless
- not-at-all
- under-no-circumstances
- by-no-means
- as a provision against
- as a precaution
- if it should happen that
- supposing
(obsolete) To propose hypothetical cases.
- Regardless of what has occurred or will occur.
- If it happens that; if.
- As a precaution:
took along an umbrella, just in case.
- If there should happen to be:
a number to call in case of emergency.
- No longer nagging or urging someone to do something.
- Persistently nagging or urging someone to do something.
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Case
- in any case
- in case
- in case of
- off (someone's) case
- on (someone's) case
- get on (or off) someone's case
- in any case
- in case
- in case of
- in no case
Origin of Case
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From Middle English cas, from Old French cas (“an event”), from Latin casus (“a falling, a fall; accident, event, occurrence; occasion, opportunity; noun case”), perfect passive participle of cado (“to fall, to drop”), from Proto-Indo-European *kad- (“to fall”).
From Wiktionary
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From Middle English cas, from Old Northern French casse, Old French chasse (“box, chest, case”), from Latin capsa (“box, bookcase”), from capio (“to take, seize, hold”).
From Wiktionary
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Middle English cas from Old French from Latin cāsus from past participle of cadere to fall kad- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Middle English from Norman French casse from Latin capsa
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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