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casual

//ˈkaʒ(uː)əl//

Adjective

A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

Noun

A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Note for casual

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Forms

Adjective

A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

Comparative
more casual
Superlative
most casual

Noun

A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Plural
casuals

Definitions

Adjective

A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

  1. 1.Happening by chance.

    • They only had casual meetings.

  2. 2.Coming without regularity; occasional or incidental.

    • The purchase of donuts was just a casual expense.

  3. 3.Employed irregularly.

    • He was just a casual worker.

  4. 4.Careless.

    • I removed my jacket and threw it casually over the back of the settee.

Noun

A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

  1. 1.A worker who is only working for a company occasionally, not as its permanent employee.

  2. 2.A worker who is doing a particular type of job temporarily, not as a lifetime career.

  3. 3.A soldier temporarily at a place of duty, usually en route to another place of duty.

  4. 4.A player of casual games.(informal)

    • The devs dumbed the game down so the casuals could enjoy it.

Frequency

Overall

Rare· #4437

By learning goal

Everyday conversation
Rare
General reading & writing
Rare
Academic
Rare
Literature
Rare

Related words

Word family

Etymology

From Middle French casuel

From Late Latin cāsuālis (“happening by chance”)

From Latin cāsus (“event”) (English case)

From cadere (“to fall”) (whence English cadence).

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