Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

special-case

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.13 in modern English

Syllables
spe-cial--case
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Alternative form of special case (“treat specially”).

Example Sentences

Inflected Forms

special-cases (present, singular) special-casing (participle, present) special-cased (participle, past) special-cased (past)

Questions

What does special-case mean?
Alternative form of special case (“treat specially”).

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