casework

CEFRC1

/kˈeɪˌswɜrk/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    Work involving help and support for individual people.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    The work required to deal with cases in any profession where a "case" has a specific definition (e.g. legal, social work, planning, etc.).

Examples

  • Social workers spend many hours doing casework in the community.

  • The company specialized in custom casework solutions.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
2
Parts of speech
1
Synonyms
1

Deep Dive

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In context

  • The social worker did casework with families.

  • Most of her time is spent on casework, rather than research.

Synonyms

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The social worker spent months on the complex blank for the struggling family.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

From case + work.