in case

See also: incase and incasê

English

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪn ˈkeɪs/

Conjunction

in case

1. To allow for the possibility that.

   I'll take an umbrella, in case it rains.

2. (chiefly Canada, US) If.

Synonyms

• (to allow for the possibility that): in the event (conjunction)

Related terms

• in case of (preposition)
• just in case
• in the event that

Translations

Because event X might occur

• Arabic: فِي حَال (fī ḥāl)
• Danish: i fald, for det fald, at, såfremt, i tilfælde af
• French: au cas où (fr)
• 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)
• Maori: me kore, kei tūpono
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: i tilfelle

  Nynorsk: i tilfelle

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• Polish: w razie gdyby, na wypadek gdyby
• Portuguese: caso (pt), no caso de
• Russian: в слу́чае (ru) (v slúčaje), на слу́чай (na slúčaj)
• Spanish: por si acaso (es)
• Swedish: i händelse, ifall (sv)
• Walloon: si e cas (wa) (+ conditional tense), po si e cas (wa) (+ conditional tense)
• Yiddish: טאָמער (tomer)

See also

• lest

References

• “just in case”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “in case”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• Caines, Našice, aescin, casein, cesian