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special casing

special casing is the present participle and gerund 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 casing

What is special casing the present participle and gerund of?
Special casing is the present participle and gerund of special case.

Words near special casing in the dictionary

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

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