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10 Language-to-English DictionariesCase-by-case
/ˌkeɪ.səˈbaɪˌkeɪ.s/Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Involving evaluation, consideration, or handling of each individual situation separately as it arises, rather than applying a general policy.
"The committee made decisions on a case-by-case basis regarding exceptional funding requests."
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Individually, situation by situation, without a uniform rule.
"We will review each application case-by-case to ensure fairness."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the noun 'case' (from Latin 'casus', meaning chance or occurrence, via Old French) combined with the preposition 'by', forming a phrasal modifier in Late Modern English. Originally used in legal and administrative contexts to denote situations handled individually rather than by a general rule, it evolved into standard professional and conversational usage.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Case-by-case" is said worldwide
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au cas par cas
Transliteration: oh kah pahr kah
"Les demandes seront examinées au cas par cas."
von Fall zu Fall
Transliteration: fon fahl tsu fahl
"Die Entscheidung wird von Fall zu Fall getroffen."
caso per caso
Transliteration: kah-zo per kah-zo
"Valuteremo la situazione caso per caso."
caso por caso
Transliteration: kah-so por kah-so
"Los problemas se resuelven caso por caso."
caso a caso
Transliteration: kah-zu ah kah-zu
"O atendimento é feito caso a caso."
मामلا-दर-मामला
Transliteration: maamla-dar-maamla
Script: मामला-दर-मामला
"प्रत्येक स्थिति का फैसला मामला-दर-मामला किया जाएगा।"
按具体情况而定
Transliteration: àn jù tǐ qíng kuàng ér dìng
"我们将按具体情况而定来处理这些申请。"
사안별로
Transliteration: sa-an-byeol-lo
"우리는 그 문제를 사안별로 검토할 것이다."
ケースバイケース
Transliteration: kēsu bai kēsu
"その対応はケースバイケースで決められます。"
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