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card(noun)BrE / kɑːd / NAmE / kɑːrd / - thick stiff paper
- a piece of card
- The model of the building was made of card.
- a small piece of stiff paper or plastic with information on it, especially information about somebody’s identity
see also green card
https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/green-card - a membership card
- an appointment card
= business card
https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/business-card - Here's my card if you need to contact me again.
= visiting card
https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/visiting-card
- a small piece of plastic, especially one given by a bank or shop/store, used for buying things or obtaining money
see also cash card
https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/cash-card - I put the meal on (= paid for it using) my card.
- a piece of stiff paper that is folded in the middle and has a picture on the front of it, used for sending somebody a message with your good wishes, an invitation, etc.
see also Christmas card
https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/christmas-card - a birthday/get-well/good luck card
= postcard
https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/postcard - Did you get my card from Italy?
= playing card
https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/playing-card - a pack of cards
- a deck of cards
- a game or games in which playing cards are used
- Who wants to play cards?
- I've never been very good at cards.
- Let's have a game of cards.
- She won £20 at cards.
- a small device containing an electronic circuit that is part of a computer or added to it, enabling it to perform particular functions
see also expansion card
https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/expansion-card - a printed circuit card
- a graphics/network/sound card
- an unusual or amusing person
- a list of all the races at a particular race meeting (= a series of horse races)
See related entries: Equine sports
https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/topic/equine_sports/card_3
- a machine or tool used for cleaning and combing wool or cotton before it is spun
- something that gives somebody an advantage over other people in a particular situation
- you are unlikely to succeed because the conditions are not good for you
- you are likely to succeed because the conditions are good and you have an advantage
- to be told to leave a job
- to make somebody leave their job
- to have an idea, a plan, etc. that will give you an advantage in a particular situation and that you keep secret until it is needed
- to be able to control a particular situation because you have an advantage over other people
- to keep your ideas, plans, etc. secret
- to tell somebody honestly what your plans, ideas, etc. are
- likely to happen
- The merger has been on the cards for some time now.
- to mention a particular subject, idea or quality in order to gain an advantage
see also race card
https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/race-card - He accused his opponent of playing the immigration card during the campaign.
- to deal successfully with a particular situation so that you achieve some advantage or something that you want
- If you play your cards right, the job could be yours when she leaves.
- to make your plans or intentions known
Extra Examples- Bennett is something of a wild card.
- Contact the bank and cancel all your cards.
- Each player in turn must play a card.
- Everyone at work signed a card for her.
- He always wins at cards.
- He had a wallet full of plastic cards.
- He went around the room handing out business cards.
- I’ll put the meal on my card.
- She paid for her holiday by credit card.
- She searched the library’s card catalogue.
- She wrote the main points of her speech on index cards.
- The bank hasn’t issued me with a cash card yet.
- The computer has three additional card slots.
- The kidnappers hold all the cards.
- The restaurant accepts all major credit cards.
- This defender’s ability to score vital goals has often proved a trump card.
- We play cards every Friday night.
- You need to install a new graphics card.
Word Origin- noun senses 1 to 12 late Middle English (originally in sense 8 of the noun): from Old French carte, from Latin carta, charta, from Greek khartēs ‘papyrus leaf’. noun sense 13 late Middle English: from Old French carde, from Provençal carda, from cardar ‘tease, comb’, based on Latin carere ‘to card’.
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