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English
Etymology
From Middle English .
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Pronunciation
Conjunction
in case
- To allow for the possibility that.
I'll take an umbrella, in case it rains.
- (chiefly Canada, US) If.
1861, E. J. Guerin, Mountain Charley, page 17:Whenever tempted to resume my sex, I was invariably met with the thought — what then? […] The chances were but few in case I resumed my other character, that I would be able to command the amount necessary for their [her children's] support.
Synonyms
- (to allow for the possibility that): in the event (conjunction)
Related terms
Translations
Because event X might occur
- Arabic: فِي حَال (fī ḥāl)
- Belarusian: у вы́падку (u výpadku), у ра́зе (u rázje)
- Bulgarian: в слу́чай (v slúčaj)
- Catalan: en cas que (ca)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 如果 (zh) (rúguǒ), 以防 (zh) (yǐfáng)
- Cornish: les
- Czech: v případě
- Danish: i fald, for det fald, at, såfremt, i tilfælde af
- French: au cas où (fr)
- Georgian: იმ შემთხვევაში, თუ (im šemtxvevaši, tu)
- German: falls (de), im Falle
- Greek: σε περίπτωση που (se períptosi pou)
- Hungarian: arra az esetre, ha (for the case, if...)
- Ido: kaze ke (io)
- Italian: qualora (it)
- Japanese: …の場合に (…のばあいに, ... no baai ni)
- Korean: …은/ㄴ 경우에는 (…-eun/-n gyeong'u-e-neun)
- Macedonian: во случај (vo slučaj)
- Maori: me kore, kei tūpono
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: i tilfelle
- Nynorsk: i tilfelle
- Polish: w razie (pl), na wypadek, w przypadku
- Portuguese: caso (pt), no caso de
- Russian: в слу́чае (ru) (v slúčaje), на слу́чай (na slúčaj)
- Slovak: v prípade
- Spanish: por si acaso (es), por si
- Swedish: i händelse, ifall (sv)
- Turkish: eğer (tr)
- Ukrainian: у ра́зі (u rázi), у ви́падку (u výpadku)
- Vietnamese: để chắc chắn
- Walloon: si e cas (wa) (+ conditional tense), po si e cas (wa) (+ conditional tense)
- Welsh: rhag ofn
- Yiddish: טאָמער (tomer)
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