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See also:Cardandcârd

Translingual

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Symbol

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card

  1. (mathematics)cardinality
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English

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EnglishWikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia
Some playing cards
A business card
An identity card
A network card (electronic device inserted into a computer)

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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FromMiddle Englishcarde(“playing card”), fromOld Frenchcarte, fromLatincharta, fromAncient Greekχάρτης(khártēs,“paper, papyrus”).Doublet ofchart.

Noun

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card (countable anduncountable,pluralcards)

  1. Aplaying card.
    • 1963 January 25, “Games: Beating the Dealer”, inTime‎[1]:
      As eachcard is played in blackjack, it changes the possibilities for both player and dealer by diminishing the number and the variety ofcards that may be dealt.
  2. (in theplural) Anygame usingplaying cards; acard game.
    He playedcards with his friends.
  3. Aresource orargument, used to achieve a purpose.(Seeplay the something card.)
    The government played the Orangecard to get support for their Ireland policy.
    He accused them ofplaying the racecard.
    • 2007, Luke McNamara,Human Rights Controversies: The Impact of Legal Form, page138:
      Having adopted civil union as their goal, proponents of the Civil Union Bill were sensitive to the need not to overplay the human rightscard, aware that there was a significant degree of resistance in the New Zealand[…]
    • 2018 October 17, Drachinifel, 24:24 from the start, inLast Ride of the High Seas Fleet - Battle of Texel 1918‎[2], archived fromthe original on4 August 2022:
      Realizing he is now boxed in on all sides, Hipper decides the only remainingcard 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.
  4. Anyflat, normallyrectangular piece ofstiffpaper,plastic, etc.
  5. Abank card.
  6. Any electronic payment (rather than a cash payment using notes, bills or coins).
    Cashier: "Cash orcard? Customer: "I'm paying on my phone, socard."
  7. (uncountable)Paper that is thicker and more durable than normal writing or printing paper, but thinner and more flexible thanpaperboard, used for postcards, playing cards, etc.;card stock.
    Do you have anycard? I want to make a poster.
  8. (obsolete) Amap orchart.
  9. (informal) Anamusing orentertaining person, oftenslightlyeccentric.
    • 1918, Siegfried Sassoon,The General:
      "He's a cheery oldcard," 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.
    • 2007,Meredith Gran,Octopus Pie #71: Deadpan‎[3]:
      MAREK: But really the deadpan is key. You can essentially trick people into laughing atnothing.
      EVE: Oh, Marek, youcard.
  10. A list of scheduled events or of performers or contestants; chiefly used inprofessional wrestling.
    What's on thecard for tonight?
  11. (cricket) Atabularpresentation of thekeystatistics of aninnings ormatch:batsmen’sscores and how they weredismissed,extras, total score andbowling figures.
  12. (computing) A removable electronic device that may be inserted into a powered electronic device to provide additional capability.
    Synonym:expansion card
    He needed to replace thecard his computer used to connect to the internet.
  13. (computing) Any of a set ofpages orforms that the user cannavigate between, and fill withdata, in certainuser interfaces.
    • 1993, Danny Goodman,The Complete HyperCard 2.2 Handbook, page198:
      The button will "see" the cursor through acard domain graphic; you can then change button graphics on eachcard.
    • 2008, Johan Hjelm,Why IPTV?: Interactivity, Technologies, Services, page13:
      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 ofcards, which were interlinked by a scripting language.
    • 2012, Veljko Milutinovic, Frédéric Patricelli,Mastering E-Business Infrastructure, page329:
      The basic building blocks of WML applications arecards.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 onecard at a time.
  14. Agreeting card.
    She gave her neighbors acard congratulating them on their new baby.
  15. Abusiness card.
    The realtor gave me hercard so I could call if I had any questions about buying a house.
  16. (television) Atitle card orintertitle: 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.
  17. Atest card.
  18. Informaldebating, averbatimcitation used asevidence for apoint.
    • 2011, N. Andre Cossette,The Art of Debate: 12th Edition, page123:
      You can make most theory answers withoutcards, but somecards do exist which specifically criticizekritiks on a theoretical basis.
  19. (dated) A published note, containing a brief statement, explanation, request, expression of thanks, etc.
    to put acard in the newspapers
  20. (dated) A printedprogramme.
  21. (dated, figurative, by extension) Anattraction orinducement.
    This will be a goodcard for the last day of the fair.
  22. (nautical)Ellipsis ofcompass card.
    • 1594, Richard Hooker,Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity,1.2.5, page 153 (Everyman edition, vol. 1):
      "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 thecard to guide the world by
    • c.1606 (date written),William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, andEd[ward] Blount, published1623,→OCLC,[Act I, scene iii]:
      All the quarters that they know / I' the shipman'scard.
  23. (weaving) A perforatedpasteboard or sheet-metal plate forwarpthreads, making part of the Jacquard apparatus of aloom.
  24. (graph theory) Agraph formed from a given graph by deleting onevertex.
    Coordinate term:deck
  25. Anindicator card.
  26. (Philippines, education)Ellipsis ofreport card.
    Where's yourcard? I want to see your grades.
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Translations
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playing card—seeplaying card
card game—seecard game
resource or an argument, used to achieve a purpose
flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc.
(informal) amusing person
list of scheduled events
(cricket) tabular presentation of the key statistics of an innings or match
greeting card
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See also
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Suits in English ·suits (see also:cards,playing cards)(layout ·text)
heartsdiamondsspadesclubs

Verb

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card (third-person singular simple presentcards,present participlecarding,simple past and past participlecarded)

  1. (transitive, US) TocheckIDs, especially against a minimum agerequirement.
    They have tocard anybody who looks 21 or younger.
    I heard you don't getcarded at the other liquor store.
    • 1989, Chris Matheson, Ed Solomon,Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (motion picture):
      Ted (Keanu Reeves): Whoa. He didn't evencard us, dude. / Bill (Alex Winter): Yeah, we have to remember this place.
  2. (dated) Toplay cards.
  3. (transitive, golf) Tomake (a statedscore), asrecorded on a scoring card.
    McIlroycarded a stellar nine-under-par 61 in the final round.
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to check IDs

Etymology 2

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FromMiddle Englishcarde,Old Frenchcarde, fromOld Occitancarda, deverbal fromcardar, fromLate Latin*carito, fromLatincarō(“to comb with a card”), fromProto-Indo-European*(s)ker-(“to cut”).

Noun

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card (countable anduncountable,pluralcards)

  1. (uncountable, dated) Material with embedded short wire bristles.
  2. (dated, textiles) Acomb- orbrush-likedevice or tool toraise thenap on afabric.
  3. (textiles) A hand-held tool formed similarly to a hairbrush but withbristles of wire or other rigid material. It is used principally with raw cotton, wool, hair, or other natural fibers to prepare these materials for spinning intoyarn orthread on aspinning wheel, with awhorl or other hand-heldspindle. The card serves to untangle, clean, remove debris from, and lay the fibers straight.
  4. (dated, textiles) Amachine for disentangling thefibres ofwoolprior tospinning.
  5. A roll or sliver of fibre (as of wool) delivered from a carding machine.
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device to raise the nap on a fabric
hand-held tool for preparing materials for spinning
machine for disentagling the fibres of wool prior to spinning

Etymology 3

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FromMiddle Englishcarden, fromOld Frenchcarder, fromcarde(“cotton card”); see Etymology 2 for more.

Verb

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card (third-person singular simple presentcards,present participlecarding,simple past and past participlecarded)

  2. (textiles) To use a carding device todisentangle the fibres of wool prior tospinning.
    • 1886,Peter Christen Asbj&oslash￵rnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad,Folk and Fairy Tales, page252:
      "Isn't that true, Bertha? " asked the smith. "Yes, every word of it, my lad," said Mother Bertha, who was sitting near the hearthcarding.
  3. To scrape or tear someone’s flesh using a metal comb, as a form of torture.
  4. (transitive) Tocomb with a card; tocleanse ordisentangle by carding.
    tocard a horse
    • 1757,John Dyer,The Fleece:
      thecarded wool, he says,
      Is smoothly lapp'd around those cylinders
  5. (obsolete, transitive, figuratively) Toclean orclear, as if by using a card.
  6. (obsolete, transitive) Tomix ormingle, as with an inferior or weaker article.
    • 1592,Robert Greene,A Quip for an Upstart Courtier:
      thatcard your beer, if you see your guests begin to be drunk, half small and half strong
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to use carding device
to scrape or tear someone’s flesh

Etymology 4

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Noun

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card (pluralcards)

  1. Abbreviation ofcardinal(“songbird”).

Etymology 5

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    Noun

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    card (pluralcards)

    1. Obsolete form ofchard.

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    Anagrams

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    Catalan

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    Etymology

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    Inherited fromLatincarduus.

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    card m (pluralcards)

    1. thistle

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    Italian

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    Etymology

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    Unadapted borrowing fromEnglishcard, fromMiddle Englishcarde, fromOld Frenchcarte, fromLatincharta, fromAncient Greekχάρτης(khártēs).Doublet ofcarta.

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    card f (invariable)

    1. card(identification, financial, SIM etc., but not playing card)

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    Romanian

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    Etymology

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    Borrowed fromEnglishcard.Doublet ofcarte,cartă,hârtie, andhartă.

    Noun

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    card n (pluralcarduri)

    1. card(a payment, gift, loyalty, or memory card)

    Declension

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    singularplural
    indefinitedefiniteindefinitedefinite
    nominative-accusativecardcardulcarduricardurile
    genitive-dativecardcarduluicarduricardurilor
    vocativecardulecardurilor

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    Welsh

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    Etymology

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    Borrowed fromEnglishcard.

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    card m orf (pluralcardiau,diminutivecerdynorcarden)

    1. (uncommon)card (postcard, Christmas card etc.)
      Synonyms:cerdyn,carden
    2. (uncommon)clipping ofcard chwarae(“playing card”)

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    Mutation

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    Mutated forms ofcard
    radicalsoftnasalaspirate
    cardgardnghardchard

    Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
    All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

    Further reading

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    • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “card”, inGeiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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