card
/kɑɹd/
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: 5.04 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A resource or argument, used to achieve a purpose. (See play the something card.)
Countable; Uncountable
noun
Any electronic payment (rather than a cash payment using notes, bills or coins).
Countable; Uncountable
noun
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.
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "He played cards with his friends."
- "The government played the Orange card to get support for their Ireland policy."
- "He accused them of playing the race 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 […]"
- "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."
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.
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Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /kɑɹd/