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- [kahrd]
- /kɑrd/
- /kɑːd/
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- [kahrd]
- /kɑrd/
Definitions of cards word
- noun cards any game or games played with cards, esp playing cards 3
- noun cards the playing of such a game 3
- noun cards an employee's national insurance and other documents held by the employer 3
- noun plural cards a game or games played with a deck of cards, as bridge, rummy, poker, or pinochle 3
- noun plural cards the playing of such games; card playing 3
- noun cards a machine for combing and paralleling fibers of cotton, flax, wool, etc., prior to spinning to remove short, undesirable fibers and produce a sliver. 1
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Origin of cards
First appearance:
before 1350 One of the 20% oldest English words
1350-1400; Middle English carde, unexplained variant of carte
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Cards
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
cards popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 99% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
cards usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for cards
noun cards
- badges — Plural form of badge.
- calendars — Plural form of calendar.
- programs — a plan of action to accomplish a specified end: a school lunch program.
- tickets — a slip, usually of paper or cardboard, serving as evidence that the holder has paid a fare or admission or is entitled to some service, right, or the like: a railroad ticket; a theater ticket.
- squares — a rectangle having all four sides of equal length.
verb cards
- hackles — one of the long, slender feathers on the neck or saddle of certain birds, as the domestic rooster, much used in making artificial flies for anglers.
Antonyms for cards
noun cards
- discards — Plural form of discard.
Top questions with cards
- where to buy cards against humanity?
- how many clubs are in a deck of cards?