Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

be the case

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.52 in modern English

Syllables: be the -case
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To exist as an independent fact of (external) reality.

Example Sentences

"It being the case that all mammals breathe air, it follows that whales must breathe air."

Inflected Forms

is the case (present, singular) being the case (participle, present) was the case (past) been the case (participle, past)

Synonyms

obtain

Questions

What does be the case mean?: To exist as an independent fact of (external) reality.

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