【cad-, cas-, cid-】 are word -forming element
usually meaning "fall"
from Latin "cadere, casus"
[WORD ROOT]root cad
[VARIATIONS OF ROOT] cad, cid, chast, cas, cide, cheat, cay, case, chute
[ETYMOLOGY]root (Latin) cadere, casus
[MEANING]root fall
【DETAILs OF ORIGIN(ENTYMOLOGY】
- 【Latin】 cadere to fall
- 【Latin】 casus [pp of cadere] a chance, occasion, opportunity; accident, mishap; a falling,
[LIST OF ENGLISH WORD]
accident, accidental, accidentally, cadence, cadent, cascade, case, casual, casually, casualty, chance, cheat, chute, coincide, coincidence, coincident, decadence, decadent, decay, escheat, incidence, incident, occasion, occasional, occasionally, occident, parachute
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accident [noun] from accident < cad-
【DEFINITION】 An accident happens when a vehicle hits a person, an object, or another vehicle, causing injury or damage.
【PRIMARY MEANING】 an occurrence, incident, event; what comes by chance
【pl.】 accidents
【DERIVATIVEs】 accident, accidental, accidentality, accidentally, accidentalness
【ROOTs】 ⑴ ac(ad); to, toward ⑵ cid(cad); fall ⑶ ent(ant); suffix
accidental [adjective] from accident < cad-
【DEFINITION】 An accidental event happens by chance or as the result of an accident, and is not deliberately intended.
【PRIMARY MEANING】 non-essential
【DERIVATIVEs】 accident, accidental, accidentality, accidentally, accidentalness
【SYNONYM】 contingent
【ROOTs】 ⑴ ac(ad); to, toward ⑵ cid(cad); fall ⑶ ent(ant); suffix ⑷ al; suffix
accidentally [adverb] from accident < cad-
【DERIVATIVEs】 accident, accidental, accidentality, accidentally, accidentalness
【ROOTs】 ⑴ ac(ad); to, toward ⑵ cid(cad); fall ⑶ ent(ant); suffix ⑷ al; suffix ⑸ ly; suffix
cadence [noun] from cadent < cad-
【DEFINITION】 The cadence of someone's voice is the way their voice gets higher and lower as they speak.
【PRIMARY MEANING】 flow of rhythm in prose or verse
【pl.】 cadences cadencies
【DERIVATIVEs】 cadenced, cadent, cadence
【ROOTs】 ⑴ cad; fall ⑵ ence(ance); noun suffix
cadent [adjective] from cad-
【DEFINITION】 having cadence; rhythmic
【DERIVATIVEs】 cadenced, cadent, cadence
【ROOTs】 ⑴ cad; fall ⑵ ent(ant); adjective suffix
cascade [noun] from cascade < cad-
【DEFINITION】 If you refer to a cascade of something, you mean that there is a large amount of it.
【PRIMARY MEANING】 a fall or flow of water over a cliff, a waterfall
【ROOTs】 ⑴ cas(cad); fall ⑵ cade; suffix
case [noun] from case < cad-
【DEFINITION】 ① A particular case is a particular situation or incident, especially one that you are using as an individual example or instance of something.
② A case is a person or their particular problem that a doctor, social worker, or other professional is dealing with.
③ If you say that someone is a sad case or a hopeless case, you mean that they are in a sad situation or a hopeless situation.
【PRIMARY MEANING】 ① what befalls one; state of affairs ② receptacle, box, that which encloses or contains
【pl.】 cases
【ROOTs】 case(cad); fall
casual [adjective] from case < cad-
【DEFINITION】 If you are casual, you are, or you pretend to be, relaxed and not very concerned about what is happening or what you are doing.
【PRIMARY MEANING】 subject to or produced by chance
【DERIVATIVEs】 casual, casually, casualness, casualty
【SYNONYM】 informal, careless
【ROOTs】 ⑴ cas(cad); fall ⑵ ual(al); suffix
casually [adverb] from case < cad-
【DERIVATIVEs】 casual, casually, casualness, casualty
【ROOTs】 ⑴ cas(cad); fall ⑵ ual(al); adjective suffix ⑶ ly; adverb suffix
casualty [noun] from case < cad-
【DEFINITION】 A casualty is a person who is injured or killed in a war or in an accident.
【PRIMARY MEANING】 chance, accident; incidental charge
【pl.】 casualties
【DERIVATIVEs】 casual, casually, casualness, casualty
【SYNONYM】 victim
【ROOTs】 ⑴ cad; fall ⑵ ual(al); suffix ⑶ ty(ity); noun suffix
chance [noun] from chance < cad-
【DEFINITION】 If there is a chance of something happening, it is possible that it will happen.
【PRIMARY MEANING】 something that takes place, what happens, an occurrence
【pl.】 chances
【DERIVATIVEs】 bechance, chanceful, chanceless, chancy
【SYNONYM】 opportunity
【ROOTs】 ⑴ ch(cad); fall ⑵ ance; noun suffix
cheat [verb] from cheat < cad-
【DEFINITION】 When someone cheats, they do not obey a set of rules which they should be obeying, for example in a game or exam.
【PRIMARY MEANING】 to escheat, to seize as an escheat
【CONJUGATIONs】 cheated, cheated, cheating, cheats
【DERIVATIVEs】 cheatable, cheater, cheatingly, cheat
【SYNONYM】 double-cross
【ROOTs】 ⑴ e(ex); out, out of ⑵ cheat(cad); fall
chute [noun] from chute < cad-
【DEFINITION】 A chute is a steep, narrow slope down which people or things can slide.
【PRIMARY MEANING】 fall of water
【DERIVATIVEs】 chutist, chute
【ROOTs】 chute(cad); fall
coincide [verb] from coincide < cad-
【DEFINITION】 If one event coincides with another, they happen at the same time.
【CONJUGATIONs】 coincided, coincided, coinciding, coincides
【DERIVATIVEs】 coincide, coincidence, coincident, coincidental, coincidently
【ROOTs】 ⑴ co(com); together, with ⑵ in; in, on ⑶ cide(cad); fall
coincidence [noun] from coincide < cad-
【DEFINITION】 A coincidence is when two or more similar or related events occur at the same time by chance and without any planning.
【PRIMARY MEANING】 exact correspondence in substance or nature
【pl.】 coincidences
【DERIVATIVEs】 coincide, coincidence, coincident, coincidental, coincidently
【ROOTs】 ⑴ co(com); together, with ⑵ in; in, on ⑶ cid(cad); fall ⑷ ence(ance); noun suffix
coincident [adjective] from coincide < cad-
【DEFINITION】 Coincident events happen at the same time.
【PRIMARY MEANING】 exactly corresponding, having the same nature or character
【DERIVATIVEs】 coincide, coincidence, coincident, coincidental, coincidently
【ROOTs】 ⑴ co(com); together, with ⑵ in; in, on ⑶ cid(cad); fall ⑷ ent(ant); suffix
decadence [noun] from decay < cad-
【DEFINITION】 The empire had for years been falling into decadence.
【PRIMARY MEANING】 deteriorated condition, decay,
【pl.】 UNCOUNTABLE NOUN
【DERIVATIVEs】 decadence, decadent, decayable, decayer, decayless, decay
【ROOTs】 ⑴ de; down, under ⑵ cad; fall ⑶ ence(ance); noun suffix
decadent [adjective] from decay < cad-
【DEFINITION】 If you say that a person or society is decadent, you think that they have low moral standards and are interested mainly in pleasure.
【PRIMARY MEANING】 in a state of decline or decay (from a former condition of excellence),"
【DERIVATIVEs】 decadence, decadent, decadently, decayable, decayer, decayless, decay
【ROOTs】 ⑴ de; down, under ⑵ cad; fall ⑶ ent(ant); suffix
decay [noun] from decay < cad-
【PRIMARY MEANING】 deterioration, decline in value, gradual loss of soundness or perfection
【pl.】 UNCOUNTABLE NOUN
【DERIVATIVEs】 decadence, decadent, decadently, decayable, decayer, decayless, decay
【ROOTs】 ⑴ de; down, under ⑵ cay(cad); fall
escheat [noun] from cheat < cad-
【DEFINITION】 (in England before 1926) the reversion of property to the Crown in the absence of legal heirs
【PRIMARY MEANING】 the reverting of land to a king or lord in certain cases
【pl.】 UNCOUNTABLE NOUN
【ROOTs】 ⑴ es(ex); out, out of ⑵ cheat(cad); fall
incidence [noun] from incident < cad-
【DEFINITION】 The incidence of something bad, such as a disease, is the frequency with which it occurs, or the occasions when it occurs.
【PRIMARY MEANING】 incidental matter
【pl.】 incidences
【ROOTs】 ⑴ in; prefix ⑵ cid(cad); fall ⑶ ence(ance); noun suffix
incident [noun] from incident < cad-
【DEFINITION】 An incident is something that happens, often something that is unpleasant. These incidents were the latest in a series of disputes between the two nations
【PRIMARY MEANING】 something which occurs casually in connection with something else
【pl.】 incidents
【DERIVATIVEs】 incidental, incidentally, incident
【SYNONYM】 episode
【ROOTs】 ⑴ in; upon ⑵ cid(cad); to fall ⑶ ent(ant); adjective suffix
occasion [noun] from case < cad-
【DEFINITION】 An occasion is a time when something happens, or a case of it happening.
【PRIMARY MEANING】 opportunity; grounds for action or feeling; state of affairs that makes something else possible; a happening, occurrence leading to some result
【pl.】 occasions
【DERIVATIVEs】 occasion, occasional, occasionally
【ROOTs】 ⑴ oc(ob); against, toward ⑵ cas(cad); fall ⑶ ion(ation); noun suffix
occasional [adjective] from case < cad-
【DEFINITION】 Occasional means happening sometimes, but not regularly or often.
【DERIVATIVEs】 occasion, occasional, occasionally
【SYNONYM】 odd
【ROOTs】 ⑴ oc(ob); against, toward ⑵ cas(cad); fall ⑶ ion(ation); noun suffix ⑷ al(ad); to, toward
occasionally [adverb] from case < cad-
【DERIVATIVEs】 occasion, occasional, occasionally
【SYNONYM】 sometimes, now and then
【ROOTs】 ⑴ oc(ob); against, toward ⑵ cas(cad); fall ⑶ ion(ation); noun suffix ⑷ al(ad); to, toward ⑸ ly; suffix
occident [noun] from occident < cad-
【DEFINITION】 ① the Occident the countries of Europe and America
② the western hemisphere
【PRIMARY MEANING】 western part
【DERIVATIVEs】 occidental, occident
【ROOTs】 ⑴ oc(ob); against, toward ⑵ cid(cad); fall ⑶ ent(ant); suffix
parachute [noun] from chute < cad-
【DEFINITION】 A parachute is a device which enables a person to jump from an aircraft and float safely to the ground. It consists of a large piece of thin cloth attached to your body by strings.
【PRIMARY MEANING】 apparatus, usually in the shape of a very large umbrella, carried in an aircraft, that may allow a person or thing to drop to the surface below without injury or damage
【DERIVATIVEs】 parachutist, parachute
【ROOTs】 ⑴ para; near, beside ⑵ chute(cad); fall
Other word list containing cad-, cas-, cid-; coincidental, incidental, accidence, cadaver, cadaverine, cadaverous, cadency, cadential, cadenza, caducity, caducous, casuistry, decidua, decidual, deciduate, deciduation, demicadence, escheatable, escheatage, escheatment, escheator, postaccident, procidentia, semelincident, nonaccidental, nondeciduous, nonincidental, cad-
【OTHER ROOTs; 】
broad
brev-
bal-, bel-, bol-
bibli-, bibl-
bio
band
bib-
bi
batt-, bat-
bene-, ben-
ENGLISH ROOT WORD: broad from Old English brad
【broad】 is word -forming element usually meaning "wide, not narrow" from Old English "brad" [WORD ROOT]root broad [VARIATIONS OF ROOT] broad [ETYMOLOGY]root (Old English) brad [MEANING]root wide,..
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