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in any case
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Princeton's WordNet
anyhow, anyway, anyways, in any case, at any rate, in any eventadverb
used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement
"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"
besides, in any caseadverb
making an additional point; anyway
"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"
Wiktionary
in any caseadverb
at any rate, anyhow
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in any case
"In any case" is a phrase typically used to indicate that a particular statement remains true or a particular outcome will happen regardless of what else may be the case or may take place. It is often used to introduce a further or final point, or to sum up an argument or explanation.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of in any case in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of in any case in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of in any case in a Sentence
I don't think the government can get a tax in place in time for 2016, and in any case revenue would be less than one billion euros per year.
Samuel Beckett, Waiting for Godot (1955):
Vladimir: That passed the time.Estragon: It would have passed in any case.Vladimir: Yes, but not so rapidly.
That one case has generated over 360 contacts - which is a large number of contacts for any case. We know that person was highly infectious at the moment of death. That is why we are so concerned.
In any case, North Korea would add a lot of caveats before and after testing to make sure they're not intent on destroying the negotiating table and it was the Americans who betrayed them.
It is healthier, in any case, to write for the adults one's children will become than for the children one's mature critics often are.
Translations for in any case
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- във всеки случайBulgarian
- sowieso, trotzdem, auf jeden Fall, unbedingt, jedenfallsGerman
- όπως και να έχειGreek
- de todas maneras, en todo caso, de todos modos, en cualquier casoSpanish
- joka tapauksessaFinnish
- en tout casFrench
- co-dhiù, co-dhiù no co-dhethScottish Gaelic
- dalam hal apapunIndonesian
- とにかく, 何しろJapanese
- utiqueLatin
- i alle fallNorwegian
- in elk geval, in ieder gevalDutch
- em todo caso, seja como for, de qualquer forma, de todo modoPortuguese
- в любо́м слу́чае, во вся́ком слу́чае, так и́ли и́на́чеRussian
- u svakom slučaju, у сваком случајуSerbo-Croatian
- hur som helstSwedish
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