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From Middle French casuel, from Late Latin cāsuālis (happening by chance), from Latin cāsus (event) (English case), from cadere (to fall) (whence English cadence).


  • IPA(key): /ˈkæʒuəl/
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casual (comparative more casual, superlative most casual)

  1. Happening by chance.
    They only had casual meetings.
  2. Coming without regularity; occasional or incidental.
    The purchase of donuts was just a casual expense.
  3. Employed irregularly.
    He was just a casual worker.
  4. Careless.
  5. Happening or coming to pass without design.
  6. Informal, relaxed.
  7. Designed for informal or everyday use.



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casual (plural casuals)

  1. (Britain, Australia, New Zealand) A worker who is only working for a company occasionally, not as its permanent employee.
  3. (Britain) A member of a group of football hooligans who wear expensive designer clothing to avoid police attention; see Casual (subculture).
  5. (video games, informal, derogatory) A player of casual games.
    The devs dumbed the game down so the casuals could enjoy it.
  6. (dated) (Britain) A tramp.
    • 1983, Reg Butler, Reg Butler, Tate Gallery London, page 14:
      I was a boy in 1922 or 1923, when buses first started to run between the village and the town; there were tramps, casuals as they were called; the whole pattern of my boyhood was knit into a very loaded atmosphere of human character.


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casual (masculine and feminine plural casuals)

  1. casual
  2. unplanned

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casual m, f (plural casuais, comparable)

  1. casual (happening by chance)
  2. casual (coming without regularity)
  3. casual (designed for informal or everyday use)




casual (plural casuales)

  1. casual
  2. accidental

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