casework

noun

Etymology

From case + work.

  1. inherited from *werǵ- — “to make
  2. inherited from *wérǵom — “work
  3. inherited from *werką — “work
  4. inherited from *werk
  5. inherited from weorc
  6. inherited from work
  7. compounded as casework — “case + work

Definitions

  1. The work required to deal with cases in any profession where a "case" has a specific…

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

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

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for casework. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA