subcase
- noun
- /ˈsʌbˌkeɪs/
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subcaso
- During the meeting, the team discussed various subcases to better understand the overall problem they were facing.
Examples
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The cases or subcases used in model runs for this study are as follows.
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Two subcases can be distinguished.
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A subcase of that process, "castration," was proposed to account for both the English and Latin cases I was considering.
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Two subcases of proliferating narrativity can be distinguished.
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A subcase of beheading in English was given the name "castration" since it applied only to references to the genital organs.
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So Antony's use of ineo in example 1 is best seen as an instance of the operation of beheading, subcase castration, in Latin.
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The relation between performative speech acts and surface syntactic form is one such important concern, unfortunately jettisoned; another is the rule (or principle, or process) of beheading and its subcases.
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In the legal document, the lawyer identified a specific subcase that highlighted the unique circumstances of the client's situation.
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The research paper analyzed several subcases within the broader issue of climate change to illustrate different impacts on communities.
Synonyms
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A smaller, simpler problem that is part of a bigger, harder problem
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Subcase comes from the first part sub- meaning 'under', as in submarine, and the word case meaning 'situation' or 'problem', so it means a smaller part or specific instance inside a larger case. That is why in math or law a subcase is a division you study on its own.