discard
/dɪsˈkɑɹd/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.37 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To dismiss from employment, confidence, or favour; to discharge.
noun
One or more discarded playing cards in a card game.
noun
The act of discarding.
Example Sentences
- "A man discards the follies of boyhood."
- "My next stop is Oxford, which has also grown with the addition of new platforms to accommodate the Chiltern Railways service to London via Bicester - although, short sightedly, the planned electrification from Paddington was canned. Evidence of the volte-face can be seen along the line at places such as Radley, where mast piles are already sunk or lie discarded at the lineside."
- "[…] They blame the Favourites in point of Policy, and think it nothing extraordinary, that the Queen ſhould be at an end of Her Patience, and reſolve to diſcard them."
- ""Stroll across and see how the game is going," suggested Carrados. "Have a look at Crediton's discard and then come back.""
- "Spinola was hovering about the external fittings of the figure with unusual fussiness. When at length he released the left hand it seemed for an almost perceptible moment that the action hung. Then the arm descended and carried out the discard."
- "Discards can be used with out parameters, with tuples, with pattern matching (Chapters 6 and 8), or even as stand-alone variables."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /dɪsˈkɑɹd/
- British English: /dɪsˈkɑːd/