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In Any Case

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Adverb

1. anyhow, anyway, anyways, at any rate, in any case, in any event

used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement

Example Sentences:
'Anyhow, he is dead now'
'I think they're asleep; anyhow, they're quiet'
'I don't know what happened to it; anyway, it's gone'
'anyway, there is another factor to consider'
'I don't know how it started; in any case, there was a brief scuffle'
'in any event, the government faced a serious protest'
'but at any rate he got a knighthood for it'

2. besides, in any case

making an additional point; anyway

Example Sentences:
'I don't want to go to a restaurant; besides, we can't afford it'
'she couldn't shelter behind him all the time and in any case he wasn't always with her'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

In Any Case

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(adverb)
no matter what; anyhow
we will go in any case

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In Any Case

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no matter what else may be true; anyhow

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

In Any Case

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n.
1. An instance or occurrence of a particular kind or category: a case of mistaken identity. See Synonyms at example.
2. An occurrence of a disease or disorder: a mild case of flu.
3. A set of circumstances or a state of affairs; a situation: It may rain, in which case the hike will be canceled.
4. Actual fact; reality: We suspected the walls were hollow, and this proved to be the case.
5. A question or problem; a matter: It is simply a case of honor.
6. A situation that requires investigation, especially by a formal or official body.
7. Law
a. An action or a suit or just grounds for an action.
b. The facts or evidence offered in support of a claim.
8. A set of reasons or supporting facts; an argument: presented a good case for changing the law.
9. A person being assisted, treated, or studied, as by a physician, lawyer, or social worker.
10. Informal A peculiar or eccentric person; a character.
11. Linguistics
a. In traditional grammar, a distinct form of a noun, pronoun, or modifier that is used to express one or more particular syntactic relationships to other words in a sentence.
b. Case In some varieties of generative grammar, the thematic or semantic role of a noun phrase as represented abstractly but not necessarily indicated overtly in surface structure. In such frameworks, nouns in English have Case even in the absence of inflectional case endings.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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