Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

just in case

/ˌdʒʌst ɪn ˈkeɪs/

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.49 in modern English

Syllables: just in -case
IPA: /ˌdʒʌst ɪn ˈkeɪs/

19

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

To provide for a possible event as a precaution.

Informal

conj

To provide for the possible event that.

conj

Synonym of if and only if.

Example Sentences

"I'll take an umbrella, just in case."
"I'll take an umbrella, just in case it rains."
"1629, Roger Williams et al., The Correspondence of Roger Williams, Brown University Press (reprinted 1988, →ISBN), page 204, Dudley and his council "gave no credit to these suspicions" but decided to strengthen the colony's defenses just in case the rumors turned out to be true."
"1981, John H. G. Pell, "General George Washington's Visit to Fort Ticonderoga in July 1783", Bulletin of the Fort Ticonderoga Museum, Volume XIV, Number 1, Summer 1981, Fort Ticonderoga Museum, page 260, Throughout 1782 and most of 1783 there was a mixture of defacto [sic] peace but preparedness for war just in case it should be resumed, a sort of cold war."
"The negation of a disjunction is true just in case both disjuncts are false."

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˌdʒʌst ɪn ˈkeɪs/
British English: /ˌdʒʌst ɪn ˈkeɪs/

Usage

Informal

Synonyms

to be on the safe side in the event that if and only if in case

Questions

How do you pronounce just in case?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌdʒʌst ɪn ˈkeɪs/.
What does just in case mean?: To provide for a possible event as a precaution.

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