special case
To treat something as a special caseTo treat something as a special case; to handle in an explicitly different way.
» Without a doubt, yours is a special case.
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1 sensesTo treat something as a special case; to handle in an explicitly different way.
Examples
5 sentencesWithout a doubt, yours is a special case.
Special cases aren't special enough to break the rules.
I'll make this a special case, but try to keep it short.
ruЯ сделаю для этого исключение, но, пожалуйста, будьте покороче. — Hellerick
He's a special case.
The art of doing mathematics consists in finding that special case which contains all the germs of generality.
deDie Kunst, Mathematik zu betreiben, liegt darin, jenen Spezialfall zu finden, der alle Ansätze zur Verallgemeinerung in sich birgt. — Jens_Odo
Forms
special cases, special casing, special cased, special cased| Base form | special case · to special case |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | special cases |
| Present participle | special casing |
| Past simple | special cased |
| Past participle | special cased |
regular
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle