Usually means: Preparation for possible future events.
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General (14 matching dictionaries)
  1. in case: Merriam-Webster
  2. in case: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. in case: Collins English Dictionary
  4. in case: Vocabulary.com
  5. in-case: Wordnik
  6. (just) in case: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. in case: Wiktionary
  8. In case, in case: Dictionary.com
  9. in case: Rhymezone
  10. in case: FreeDictionary.org
  11. in case: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. in case: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. in case: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. in case: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. in case: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. in case: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. in case: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. in case: Idioms

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Definitions from WordNet (in case)

adverb:  if there happens to be need ("In case of trouble call 911")

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