Meanings
- Whatever be the case.
- idiomaticRegardless (of an aforementioned point).
Who knows how many more inches of snow will fall tonight, but in any case, let's go to bed.
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Who knows how many more inches of snow will fall tonight, but in any case, we can expect to be doing a lot of shoveling tomorrow.
Later Martin said, "If we ever have another baby girl, I'm going to give her a simple name like Mary Jane." When we did have another daughter, we called her Bernice Albertine, after her two grandmothers. Not quite Mary Jane, but at least named for members of the family. In any case, she is known as Bunny,
1969, Coretta Scott King, My Life with Martin Luther King, Jr, Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, page 107The Information Department is outhoused but there are operational reasons for this and it would, in any case, be physically impossible to house the staff of the Department in the main building.
1975, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, Sessional Papers, volume 28, page 38Synonyms: whatever the case may be, anyhow, anyway, at any rate, in any event, at all events, regardless
- idiomaticAny way one slices it (emphasizing that a point is important no matter what).
In any case, there are never fewer than two guards on duty here.
Synonyms: whatever the case may be, at any rate, by any measure, in any event, at all events
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see in, any, case.
It is not clear that this particular legal question has ever been a determining factor in any case to date.
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Their most popular product, an assortment of ales, is packaged such that there are always at least two bottles of India pale ale in any case.
Because of the juristic difficulties associated with the Donation of Constantine, the question of whether the papacy had in any case prescribed its jurisdiction in the patrimony had become a common topic amongst jurists […]
1987, Joseph Canning, The Political Thought of Baldus de Ubaldis, page 53
Synonyms & antonyms
prepositional phraseRegardless (of an aforementioned point).
prepositional phraseAny way one slices it (emphasizing that a point is important no matter what).
More synonyms by meaning
adverbused to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement
adverbmaking an additional point; anyway
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Arabic عَلَى أَيِّ حَالٍ
- عَلَى أَيِّ حَالٍ (ʕalā ʔayyi ḥālin)at any rate
Bulgarian във все́ки слу́чай, както и да е
- във все́ки слу́чай (văv vséki slúčaj)at any rate
- както и да е (kakto i da e)at any rate
Catalan en tot cas, en qualsevol cas
- en tot casat any rate
- en qualsevol casat any rate
Chinese Mandarin 反正, 不管怎樣 /不管怎样
- 反正 (fǎnzhèng)at any rate
- 不管怎樣 /不管怎样 (bùguǎnzěnyàng)at any rate
- 無論如何 /无论如何 (wúlùnrúhé)at any rate
Czech každopádně, v každém případě
- každopádněat any rate
- v každém případěat any rate
Dutch in elk geval, in ieder geval
- in elk gevalat any rate
- in ieder gevalat any rate
- sowiesoat any rate
Esperanto ĉiaokaze, ĉiuokaze
- ĉiaokazeat any rate
- ĉiuokazeat any rate
Estonian igal juhul, igatahes
- igal juhulat any rate
- igatahesat any rate
Finnish joka tapauksessa, oli miten oli
- joka tapauksessaat any rate
- oli miten oliat any rate
- miten vainat any rate
French en tout état de cause, en tout cas
- en tout état de causeat any rate
- en tout casat any rate
German jedenfalls, sowieso
- jedenfallsat any rate
- sowiesoat any rate
- trotzdemat any rate
- auf jeden Fallat any rate
- unbedingtat any rate
Greek εν πάση περιπτώσει, όπως και να έχει
- εν πάση περιπτώσει (en pási periptósei)at any rate
- όπως και να έχει (ópos kai na échei)at any rate
- πάντως (pántos)at any rate
Hebrew בכל מקרה
- בכל מקרה (bekhól mikré)at any rate
Hungarian mindenesetre
- mindenesetreat any rate
Icelandic í öllu falli
- í öllu falliat any rate
Irish ar aon chaoi, ar aon chuma
- ar aon chaoiat any rate
- ar aon chumaat any rate
- ar chuma ar bithat any rate
- ar aon nósat any rate
- pé scéal éat any rate
Italian in ogni caso
- in ogni casoat any rate
Japanese とにかく, 何しろ
- とにかく (tonikaku)at any rate
- 何しろ (nani shiro)at any rate
Korean 어쨌든
- 어쨌든 (eojjaetdeun)at any rate
Latin utīque
- utīqueat any rate
Māori ahakoa he aha
- ahakoa he ahaat any rate
Norwegian Bokmål i alle fall
- i alle fallat any rate
Persian به هر حال, علیایحال
- به هر حال (be har hâl)at any rate
- علیایحال (alâ-ayyo-hâl)at any rate
Polish bądź co bądź, w każdym razie
- bądź co bądźat any rate
- w każdym razieat any rate
- tak czy inaczejat any rate
- tak czy siakat any rate
- tak czy owakat any rate
Portuguese de todo modo, de todo o modo
- de todo modoat any rate
- de todo o modoat any rate
- de qualquer formaat any rate
- seja como forat any rate
- em todo o casoat any rate
Romanian în orice caz
- în orice cazat any rate
Russian в любо́м слу́чае, во вся́ком слу́чае
- в любо́м слу́чае (v ljubóm slúčaje)at any rate
- во вся́ком слу́чае (vo vsjákom slúčaje)at any rate
- так и́ли и́на́че (tak íli ínáče)at any rate
- ка́к бы то ни́ было (kák by to ní bylo)at any rate
- в любо́м де́ле (v ljubóm déle)at any rate
Scottish Gaelic co-dhiù, co-dhiù no co-dheth
- co-dhiùat any rate
- co-dhiù no co-dhethat any rate
Slovak v každom prípade
- v každom prípadeat any rate
Spanish en cualquier caso, en todo caso
- en cualquier casoat any rate
- en todo casoat any rate
Swedish hur som helst, i alla fall
- hur som helstat any rate
- i alla fallat any rate
Ukrainian у вся́кому ра́зі, так чи іна́кше
- у вся́кому ра́зі (u vsjákomu rázi)at any rate
- так чи іна́кше (tak čy inákše)at any rate
Urdu بَہَر حال
- بَہَر حال (bahar hāl)at any rate
Cite this entry
in any case. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in%20any%20case
“in any case.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in%20any%20case. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “in any case,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in%20any%20case.
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