card en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- [kʰɑɹd] (US)
- [kʰɑːd] (England)
- (General-American) audio
- (US) audio
- [kʰɐːd] (New-Zealand)
- /kɐːd/ (New-Zealand)
- /kɑɹd/ (US)
- /kɑːd/ (England)
- /kaːd/ (Australia)
- (Australia) audio
- [kʰäːd] (Australia)
- /kard/ (Scotland)
- kärd
Etymology
From Middle English carde (“playing card”), from Old French carte, from Latin charta, from Ancient Greek χάρτης (khártēs, “paper, papyrus”). Doublet of carte and chart.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) A playing card.
As each card is played in blackjack, it changes the possibilities for both player and dealer by diminishing the number and the variety of cards that may be dealt.
1963 January 25, “Games: Beating the Dealer”, in Time:
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(countable, in-plural, uncountable) Any game using playing cards; a card game.
He played cards with his friends.
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(countable, uncountable) A resource or argument, used to achieve a purpose. (See play the something card.)
Having adopted civil union as their goal, proponents of the Civil Union Bill were sensitive to the need not to overplay the human rights card, aware that there was a significant degree of resistance in the New Zealand […]
2007, Luke McNamara, Human Rights Controversies: The Impact of Legal Form, page 138:Realizing he is now boxed in on all sides, Hipper decides the only remaining card he has to play is to sell his ships as dearly as possible. The remaining German ships make a hard turn southeast, and drive headlong at the Grand Fleet. It is a brave gesture, but only eight of the ships emerge from the pall of smoke that roughly marks the original German line of advance. Two more emerge minutes later, but that is all.
2018 October 17, Drachinifel, 24:24 from the start, in Last Ride of the High Seas Fleet - Battle of Texel 1918, archived from the original on 04 Aug 2022:He accused them of playing the race card.
The government played the Orange card to get support for their Ireland policy.
- (countable, uncountable) Any flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic, etc.
- (countable, uncountable) A bank card.
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(countable, uncountable) Any electronic payment (rather than a cash payment using notes, bills or coins).
Cashier: "Cash or card? Customer: "I'm paying on my phone, so card."
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(uncountable) Paper that is thicker and more durable than normal writing or printing paper, but thinner and more flexible than paperboard, used for postcards, playing cards, etc.; card stock.
Do you have any card? I want to make a poster.
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(countable, obsolete, uncountable) A map or chart.
As pilot well expert in perilous waue, / Vpon his card and compas firmes his eye […].
1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.vii:
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(countable, informal, uncountable) An amusing or entertaining person, often slightly eccentric.
"He's a cheery old card," muttered Harry to Jack / As they slogged up to Arras with rifle and pack. / . . . / But he did for them both by his plan of attack.
1918, Siegfried Sassoon, The General:'What a card!' Doreen said. 'Isn't he a card?'
1963, Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar, Faber and Faber:MAREK: But really the deadpan is key. You can essentially trick people into laughing at nothing. EVE: Oh, Marek, you card.
2007, Meredith Gran, Octopus Pie #71: Deadpan:
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(countable, uncountable) A list of scheduled events or of performers or contestants; chiefly used in professional wrestling.
What's on the card for tonight?
- (countable, uncountable) A tabular presentation of the key statistics of an innings or match: batsmen’s scores and how they were dismissed, extras, total score and bowling figures.
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(countable, uncountable) A removable electronic device that may be inserted into a powered electronic device to provide additional capability.
He needed to replace the card his computer used to connect to the internet.
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(countable, uncountable) Any of a set of pages or forms that the user can navigate between, and fill with data, in certain user interfaces.
The basic building blocks of WML applications are cards. Cards are equivalent to HTML pages. Just as Web browser can show only one page at a time (except when using frames), a WAP enabled device can also show only one card at a time.
2012, Veljko Milutinovic, Frédéric Patricelli, Mastering E-Business Infrastructure, page 329:The button will "see" the cursor through a card domain graphic; you can then change button graphics on each card.
1993, Danny Goodman, The Complete HyperCard 2.2 Handbook, page 198:The interaction model of WAP, originally developed for mobile phones to interact with information services in a web-like way, was based on Apple's HyperCard, and instead of pages, the user interacted with a deck of cards, which were interlinked by a scripting language.
2008, Johan Hjelm, Why IPTV?: Interactivity, Technologies, Services, page 13:
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(countable, uncountable) A greeting card.
She gave her neighbors a card congratulating them on their new baby.
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(countable, uncountable) A business card.
The realtor gave me her card so I could call if I had any questions about buying a house.
- (countable, uncountable) A title card or intertitle: a piece of filmed, printed text edited into the midst of the photographed action at various points, generally to convey character dialogue or descriptive narrative material related to the plot.
- (countable, uncountable) A test card.
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(countable, uncountable) In formal debating, a verbatim citation used as evidence for a point.
You can make most theory answers without cards, but some cards do exist which specifically criticize kritiks on a theoretical basis.
2011, N. Andre Cossette, The Art of Debate: 12th Edition, page 123:
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(countable, dated, uncountable) A published note, containing a brief statement, explanation, request, expression of thanks, etc.
to put a card in the newspapers
- (countable, dated, uncountable) A printed programme.
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(broadly, countable, dated, figuratively, uncountable) An attraction or inducement.
This will be a good card for the last day of the fair.
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(abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable) Ellipsis of compass card.
alt of compass card
All the quarters that they know / I' the shipman's card.
c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii]:"The Lord possessed me [= Wisdom] in the beginning of his way, even before his works of old was I set up;" that law, which hath been the pattern to make, and is the card to guide the world by
1594, Richard Hooker, Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity, 1.2.5, page 153 (Everyman edition, vol. 1):
- (countable, uncountable) A perforated pasteboard or sheet-metal plate for warp threads, making part of the Jacquard apparatus of a loom.
- (countable, uncountable) A graph formed from a given graph by deleting one vertex.
- (countable, uncountable) An indicator card.
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(Philippines, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable) Ellipsis of report card.
alt of report card
Where's your card? I want to see your grades.
- (countable, qualifier:industrial relations, uncountable) A form signed by an employee to agree to representation by a union.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| cards | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
Deriveds
showcard · cardmaker · five-card stud · trump card · chica chica card · QSL card · condolence card · bankcard · cotton card · charge card · Shirley card · three-card trickster · daughtercard · note card · 52-card pickup · few cards short of a full deck · Meghdoot card · card mechanic · card punch · rabbi card · oracle card · greeting card · cardroom · farecard · prayer card · laser card · three card brag · gift card · palm card · pattern card · gold card · title card · safety card · report card · face card · play the gender card · red card · tarot card · play one's cards well · hovercard · give someone their cards · compass card · punched card · card phone · Ventra card · altar card · J-card · give someone his cards · card sharp · tea card · fare card · k'rect card · card catalogue · discard · shared card · at-home card · cardsharper · swipe card · party card · wild-card · boardcard · penalty card · Mass card · party-membership card · contact card · discount card · yellow card · travelcard · pushcard · dance-card · press card · phonecard · rate card · card counting · PC Card · mark someone's card · keycard · file-card · cardholding · card catalog · passcard · sympathy card · boarding card · gamecard · drawing card · playing card · card flourishing · Zener card · rookie card · rape card · e-card · place card · payment card · debit card · card stand · gaijin card · flashcard · milk card · Grace's card · tart card · HTV card · card-room · window card · seven-card stud · name card · credit card terminal · cardshark · have the cards · cardician · black card · three-card monte · greetings card · honor card · cardhouse · cabinet card · hold all of the cards · postcard · Z card · three-card marney · card-sharp · bingo card · card file · spot card · cash card · one card short of a full deck · card-clothing · re-entry card · backcard · fidelity card · card stock · Bod card · downcard · trade card · hand someone his cards · court card · affinity card · three-card shuffle · orange card · small card · cardbearer · smart card · on the cards · Kardex · dinner-card · dance card · honour card · disloyalty card · video card · punch card · SDHC card · cardmember · gender card · party membership card · memory card · sports card · storm card · vanity card · punchcard · visiting card · SD card · microcard · house of cards · peekaboo card · poll card · union card · show one's cards · warning card · cardlike · red-card · cardistry · play the race card · uncredit card · card assembly · wedding card · shuffle the cards · identity card · card tart · card of introduction · hole card · cardholder · cardcase · telephone card · business card · expansion card · blue card · hand card · Ethernet card · card clash · borrowing card · flipcard · three-card trick · get out of jail free card · Sed card · cardmaking · king card · index card · waist card · maxi card · chipcard · card trick · clue card · wildcard · magnetic card · identification card · stored-value card · liner card · card table · how-to-vote card · card house · draft card · cut card · falsecard · capture card · card girl · credit card tart · Uno reverse card · Miranda card · cooling card · in the cards · Mastercard · deck of cards · cardless · chargecard · green card · card-file system · card-index · white card · throw in the cards · card reader · get-out-of-jail-free card · CharlieCard · hand someone their cards · play the Nazi card · ration card · V card · lettercard · flash card · tourist card · reward card · community card · breast one's cards · line card · cheque card · 3-card monte · speak by the card · library card · storecard · hypercard · high-card · high card · chest one's cards · graphics card · noncard · put one's cards on the table · overcard · ID card · credit card · chewcard · photocard · V-card · card giving · network interface card · 3 card monte · do you accept credit cards · upcard · scratch card · key card · cardplaying · donor card · passport card · card wallet · card key · play all one's cards · pack of cards · stack the cards · post card · calling-card · audio card · model card · warrant card · card game · cue card · network card · thank you card · courtesy card · keep one's cards close to one's chest · cardboard · play the victim card · card-house · card stunt · contactless card · trading card · timecard · card-battler · notecard · duty card · railcard · indicator card · Hollerith card · drawcard · trust everybody, but cut the cards · picture card · birthday card · card counter · small-card · loyalty card · cardplay · idiot card · second yellow card · lay one's cards on the table · maxi-card · calling card · filmcard · bank card · wild card · SIM card · chip card · accelerator card · cardsharp · card removal · one card shy of a full deck · cardphone · undercard · filter card · menage-a-card · racecard · have the cards in one's hands · player's card · card of ten · identicard · card-dead · lobby card · Eurocard · time card · sea card · piecard · membership card · card shark · sound card · baseball card · hold all the cards · cardsharping · test card · inlay card · file card · plasticard · chance card · straight red card · place one's cards on the table · card-reader · comp card · scorecard · trollcard · swipecard · rebbe card · cardware · phone card · yellow-card · few cards shy of a full deck · death card · card-carrying · smartcard · MetroCard · holy card · cigarette card · e-gift card · soundcard · cardplayer · hold the cards · race card · Octopus card · Oyster card · Christmas card · maximum card · status card · coat card · letter card · system card
Descendants
kaat · カード · کارڈ · કાર્ડ · کارډ · কার্ড · ကတ် · kard · kad · kadi · කාඩ් · card · 卡 · 카드 · kati · कार्ड · kaad
Hyponyms
affinity card (piece of plastic) · debit card (piece of plastic) · court card (playing cards) · credit card (piece of plastic)
Synonyms
Translations (143)
nl plan (list of scheduled events) · nl schema (list of scheduled events) · ka ბარათი (flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc.) · lb Kaart (flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc.) · ru план (list of scheduled events) · bn কার্ড (flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc.) · pih kaad (flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc.) · it sagoma ((informal) amusing person) · ha kati (flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc.) · uz kartochka (flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc.) · ms kad (flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc.) · sh kàrtica (flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc.) · pt carta (flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc.) · uk ка́ртка (flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc.) · sk karta (resource or an argument, used to achieve a purpose) · ru ка́рта (resource or an argument, used to achieve a purpose) · th บัตร (flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc.) · tl kard (flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc.) · it agenda (list of scheduled events) · it scheda (flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc.) · ur کارْڈ (flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc.) · ky карта (flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc.) · ru ко́зырь (resource or an argument, used to achieve a purpose) · be ка́рта (flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc.) · acm كَارْت (flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc.) · sw kadi (flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc.) · gl tarxeta (flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc.) · ja カード (flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc.) · ga cárta (flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc.) · nl agenda (list of scheduled events) · ar كَارْت (flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc.) · es carta (flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc.) · fr carte (greeting card) · th การ์ด (flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc.) · ps کارټ (flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc.) · si කාඩ් (flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc.) · fur cjarte (flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc.) · yi קאָרט (flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc.) · it biglietto (flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc.) · ca (barbarism) targeta (flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc.) · fi kortti (flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc.) · is kort (flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc.) · ru ка́рточка (flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc.) · pt cartão (flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc.) · id kartu (flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc.) · sl karta (flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc.) · fa-ira کارْت (flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc.) · vo kad (flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc.) · es tarjeta (flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc.) · ko 카드 (flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc.) · tk kartoçka (flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc.) · cmn 令人發笑的人 /令人发笑的人 ((informal) amusing person) · bg ка́рта (flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc.) · ast tarxeta (flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc.) · mhn kòrt (flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc.) · sw kadi ((informal) amusing person) · wa cwåte (flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc.) · tr kart (flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc.) · kw karten (flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc.) · nb kort (flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc.) · nl kaart (resource or an argument, used to achieve a purpose) · lo ບັດ (flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc.) · sk pohľadnica (greeting card) · pdt Koat (flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc.) · az kart (flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc.) · da kort (flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc.) · ja 札 (flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc.) · sv kort (flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc.) · cs karta (flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc.) · vi thẻ (flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc.) · sw kadi ((cricket) tabular presentation of the key statistics of an innings or match) · ug قارتا (flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc.) · uz karta (flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc.) · my ကတ် (flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc.) · kk карточка (flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc.) · nl kaart (flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc.) · de Karte (flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc.) · ms daun (flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc.) · sl kartica (flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc.) · lt korta (flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc.) · sq kartë (flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc.) · it programma (list of scheduled events) · eu txartel (flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc.) · tk karta (flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc.) · cmn 卡片 (flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc.) · ar كَرْت (flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc.) · hy քարտ (flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc.) · fo kort (flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc.) · it carta (flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc.) · br kartenn (flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc.) · lt kortelė (flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc.) · it card (flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc.) · he כַּרְטִיס (flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc.) · cy cerdyn (flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc.) · ro carte (flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc.) · mk ка́ртичка (flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc.) · gu કાર્ડ (flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc.) · hu kártya (flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc.) · el κάρτα (flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc.) · ar بِطَاقَة (flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc.) · fr carte (resource or an argument, used to achieve a purpose) · acm بِطَاقَة (flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc.) · nl troef (resource or an argument, used to achieve a purpose) · acw كَرْت (flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc.) · tg корт (flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc.) · mk ка́рта (flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc.) · ps کارډ (flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc.) · ro card (flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc.) · ms kartu (flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc.) · tg варақа (flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc.) · fr carte (flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc.) · cmn 卡 (flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc.) · tg карточка (flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc.) · lv karšu (flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc.) · sk karta (flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc.) · io karto (flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc.) · bg ка́ртичка (flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc.) · et kaart (flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc.) · acw بِطَاقَة (flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc.) · cmn 牌 (resource or an argument, used to achieve a purpose) · km កាត (flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc.) · eu txartela (flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc.) · sh ка̀ртица (flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc.) · af kaart (flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc.) · ky карточка (flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc.) · eo karto (flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc.) · lo ບັດປະ (flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc.) · mn карт (flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc.) · ru ка́рта (flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc.) · fr allumé ((informal) amusing person) · ar وَرَقَة (flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc.) · kk карта (flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc.) · ca carta (flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc.) · sh kȃrta (flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc.) · fr fiche (flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc.) · gd cairt (flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc.) · aii ܘܲܪܵܩܵܐ (flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc.) · be ка́ртка (flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc.) · fr agenda (list of scheduled events) · yi קאַרטל (flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc.) · hi कार्ड (flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc.) · uk ка́рта (flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc.) · sh ка̑рта (flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc.)