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special cased

special cased is the simple past and past participle of special case.

Meaning of special case

Verb

special case (third-person singular simple present special cases, present participle special casing, simple past and past participle special cased)

  1. (ambitransitive) To treat something as a special case; to handle in an explicitly different way.
    • Special-casing the 100 most common words in English might speed things up.1988, Jon Louis Bentley, More Programming Pearls: Confessions of a Coder, page 10

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Questions about special cased

What is special cased the simple past and past participle of?
Special cased is the simple past and past participle of special case.

Words near special cased in the dictionary

  1. Special Air Service
  2. special area
  3. special areas
  4. Special Branch
  5. special case
  6. special cased
  7. special cases
  8. special casing
  9. special character
  10. special characters
  11. special constable

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