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just in case en · ADV

Pronunciation

(Australia) audio
/ˌdʒʌst ɪn ˈkeɪs/ (Received-Pronunciation, US)
(US) audio

Meanings

(informal, not-comparable) To provide for a possible event as a precaution.
- I'll take an umbrella, just in case.

Synonyms

Translations (40)

mi kei tūpono (to be on the safe side) · cs kdyby něco (to be on the safe side) · de für alle Fälle (to be on the safe side) · ca per si de cas (to be on the safe side) · el για κάθε ενδεχόμενο (to be on the safe side) · es por si las moscas (to be on the safe side) · ko 만약을 위해 (to be on the safe side) · lt dėl viso pikto (to be on the safe side) · pl na wszelki wypadek (to be on the safe side) · fr par acquit de conscience (to be on the safe side) · ar تَحَسُبًا (to be on the safe side) · nn berre i tilfelle (to be on the safe side) · az hər ehtimala qarşı (to be on the safe side) · pt por precaução (to be on the safe side) · bg за всеки случай (to be on the safe side) · cs pro jistotu (to be on the safe side) · pt por via das dúvidas (to be on the safe side) · de vorsichtshalber (to be on the safe side) · ka ყოველი შემთხვევისთვის (to be on the safe side) · ru на вся́кий пожа́рный слу́чай (to be on the safe side) · nb for sikkerhets skyld (to be on the safe side) · hu a biztonság kedvéért (to be on the safe side) · es por si acaso (to be on the safe side) · ka იმ შემთხვევაში, თუ (to be on the safe side) · nb bare i tilfelle (to be on the safe side) · eu badaezpada (to be on the safe side) · de nur für den Fall (to be on the safe side) · nl voor de zekerheid (to be on the safe side) · fi varalta (to be on the safe side) · pl w razie czego (to be on the safe side) · cmn 以防萬一 /以防万一 (to be on the safe side) · de sicherheitshalber (to be on the safe side) · cs co kdyby (to be on the safe side) · fr au cas où (to be on the safe side) · uk про всяк випа́док (to be on the safe side) · ru на вся́кий слу́чай (to be on the safe side) · eu badaezpada ere (to be on the safe side) · eo divenprove (to be on the safe side) · ja 念のため (to be on the safe side) · ru на вся́кий пожа́рный (to be on the safe side)

just in case en · CCONJ

Pronunciation

(Australia) audio
/ˌdʒʌst ɪn ˈkeɪs/ (Received-Pronunciation, US)
(US) audio

Meanings

To provide for the possible event that.
- 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.
- I'll take an umbrella, just in case it rains.
Synonym of if and only if.
- The negation of a disjunction is true just in case both disjuncts are false.

Synonyms

in the event that · if and only if

Translations (11)

ru а то́ ма́ло ли (to provide for the possible event that — see also in case) · ru в слу́чае е́сли (to provide for the possible event that — see also in case) · es por si (to provide for the possible event that — see also in case) · fr au cas où (to provide for the possible event that — see also in case) · ru вдруг (to provide for the possible event that — see also in case) · hu (csak) arra az esetre, ha (to provide for the possible event that — see also in case) · sv bara i fall att (to provide for the possible event that — see also in case) · ru не дай бог (to provide for the possible event that — see also in case) · ru на слу́чай е́сли (to provide for the possible event that — see also in case) · sv bara utifall att (to provide for the possible event that — see also in case) · es por si acaso (to provide for the possible event that — see also in case)