What does Card mean?

Definitions for Card
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This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word Card.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. cardnoun

    one of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes

    "he collected cards and traded them with the other boys"

  2. card, identity cardnoun

    a card certifying the identity of the bearer

    "he had to show his card to get in"

  3. cardnoun

    a rectangular piece of stiff paper used to send messages (may have printed greetings or pictures)

    "they sent us a card from Miami"

  4. cardnoun

    thin cardboard, usually rectangular

  5. wag, wit, cardnoun

    a witty amusing person who makes jokes

  6. poster, posting, placard, notice, bill, cardnoun

    a sign posted in a public place as an advertisement

    "a poster advertised the coming attractions"

  7. calling card, visiting card, cardnoun

    a printed or written greeting that is left to indicate that you have visited

  8. card, scorecardnoun

    (golf) a record of scores (as in golf)

    "you have to turn in your card to get a handicap"

  9. menu, bill of fare, card, carte du jour, cartenoun

    a list of dishes available at a restaurant

    "the menu was in French"

  10. batting order, card, lineupnoun

    (baseball) a list of batters in the order in which they will bat

    "the managers presented their cards to the umpire at home plate"

  11. circuit board, circuit card, board, card, plug-in, add-inverb

    a printed circuit that can be inserted into expansion slots in a computer to increase the computer's capabilities

  12. tease, cardverb

    separate the fibers of

    "tease wool"

  13. cardverb

    ask someone for identification to determine whether he or she is old enough to consume liquor

    "I was carded when I tried to buy a beer!"

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. CARDnoun

    Etymology: carte, Fr. charta, Lat.

    A vengeance on your crafty wither’d hide!
    Yet I have fac’d it with a card of ten. William Shakespeare, Taming of the Shrew.

    There all is marr’d, there lies a cooling card. William Shakespeare.

    Soon as she spreads her hand, th’ aerial guard
    Descend, and sit on each important card;
    First, Ariel perch’d upon a matadore. Alexander Pope.

    Upon his cards and compass firms his eye,
    The masters of his long experiment. Fairy Queen, b. ii.

    The very points they blow;
    All the quarters that they know,
    I’ th’ shipman’s card. William Shakespeare, Macbeth.

    How absolute the knave is? we must speak by the card, or equivocation will undo us. William Shakespeare, Hamlet.

    On life’s vast ocean diversely we sail,
    Reason the card, but passion is the gale. Alexander Pope.

  2. To Cardverb

    To comb, or comminute wool with a piece of wood, thick set with crooked wires.

    Etymology: from the noun.

    The while their wives do sit
    Beside them, carding wool. Thomas May, Virgil’s Georgicks.

    Go, card and spin,
    And leave the business of the war to men. Dryden.

  3. To Cardverb

    To game; to play much at cards; as, a carding wife.

ChatGPT

  1. card

    A card refers to a piece of durable, thin, flat material slightly larger than a palm, usually made from heavy paper or plastic, on which information or a design is printed. It can perform a wide range of functions including identification (ID card), data storage (memory card), communication (greeting card), transactions (credit card), and more. The specific function and content depends on the type of card.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Cardnoun

    a piece of pasteboard, or thick paper, blank or prepared for various uses; as, a playing card; a visiting card; a card of invitation; pl. a game played with cards

  2. Cardnoun

    a published note, containing a brief statement, explanation, request, expression of thanks, or the like; as, to put a card in the newspapers. Also, a printed programme, and (fig.), an attraction or inducement; as, this will be a good card for the last day of the fair

  3. Cardnoun

    a paper on which the points of the compass are marked; the dial or face of the mariner's compass

  4. Cardnoun

    a perforated pasteboard or sheet-metal plate for warp threads, making part of the Jacquard apparatus of a loom. See Jacquard

  5. Cardnoun

    an indicator card. See under Indicator

  6. Cardverb

    to play at cards; to game

  7. Cardnoun

    an instrument for disentangling and arranging the fibers of cotton, wool, flax, etc.; or for cleaning and smoothing the hair of animals; -- usually consisting of bent wire teeth set closely in rows in a thick piece of leather fastened to a back

  8. Cardnoun

    a roll or sliver of fiber (as of wool) delivered from a carding machine

  9. Cardverb

    to comb with a card; to cleanse or disentangle by carding; as, to card wool; to card a horse

  10. Cardverb

    to clean or clear, as if by using a card

  11. Cardverb

    to mix or mingle, as with an inferior or weaker article

  12. Etymology: [F. carte, fr. L. charta paper, Gr. a leaf of paper. Cf. Chart.]

Wikidata

  1. Card

    In sports, a card comprises a listing of the matches taking place in a title-match combat-sport event. Organizers divide overall cards into a main-event match and the undercard, which encompasses the rest of the matches. One can also further subdivide the undercard into midcard and lower card, according to the perceived importance of the matches. Promoters schedule matches to occur in ascending order of importance.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Card

    kärd, n. a piece of pasteboard marked with figures for playing a game, or with a person's address upon it: a note.—ns. Card′-board, a stiff, finely finished pasteboard; Card′-case, a case for carrying visiting-cards; Card′-sharp′er, one who cheats at cards; Card′-tā′ble, a table for playing cards on.—A knowing card (slang), one who is wide awake; A sure card, an undertaking which will be sure to succeed.—Have the cards in one's hands, to have everything under one's control; House of cards, something flimsy or unsubstantial; On the cards, likely to turn up; Play one's cards well, or badly, to make, or not to make, the best of one's chances; Show one's cards, to expose one's secrets or designs; Speak by the card, to speak with elegance and to the point; Throw up the cards, to give in: to confess defeat. [Fr. carte—L. charta, Gr. chartēs, paper. Carte is a doublet.]

  2. Card

    kärd, n. an instrument for combing wool or flax.—v.t. to comb wool, &c.—n. Card′er, one who has to do with carding wool. [Fr. carde—L. carduus, a thistle.]

Dictionary of Nautical Terms

  1. card

    The dial or face of the magnetic compass-card. "Reason the card, but passion is the gale."--Pope. Probably derived from cardinal.

Editors Contribution

  1. card

    A type of document created and designed in various colors, materials, mechanisms, shapes and sizes.

    Walket cards are used across the world.


    Submitted by MaryC on February 24, 2020  


  2. card

    A type of product created and designed in various colors, materials, mechanisms, technology, software, shapes, sizes and styles.

    There are so any types of cards e.g. bank card, reward card, travel card etc.


    Submitted by MaryC on April 12, 2020  

Suggested Resources

  1. CARD

    What does CARD stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the CARD acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. CARD

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Card is ranked #3651 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Card surname appeared 9,742 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 3 would have the surname Card.

    82.9% or 8,077 total occurrences were White.
    8.5% or 836 total occurrences were Black.
    5.2% or 512 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    1.7% or 169 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    0.8% or 78 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
    0.7% or 70 total occurrences were Asian.

British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'Card' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2090

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'Card' in Written Corpus Frequency: #851

  3. Nouns Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'Card' in Nouns Frequency: #467

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Card in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Card in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of Card in a Sentence

  1. Rao R. Tummala:

    It's (Moore's Law) the reason you can receive (and later throw away) a musical birthday card that contains more processing power than the combined computers of the Allied Forces in World War II.

  2. Wendy Nather:

    I use a different credit card to make automated [ bill ] payments online than I do for purchases on the street.

  3. Sandra Cisneros:

    I always tell people that I became a writer not because I went to school but because my mother took me to the library. I wanted to become a writer so I could see my name in the card catalog.

  4. Anna Valencia:

    Chicago Alderman Nick Sposato told Fox News this past summer. Chicago’s city clerk, Anna Valencia, says that there will be a strong four-point application process that a person must navigate in order to get an ID, and that the cards come with hidden security features. The city says it is preparing to release the types of documentation it will accept from an applicant to prove identity. I ca n’t go into all the details of what is the security features because we want to keep that private so no one duplicates these, but we feel very confident in our security features for the card.

  5. Husni Bey:

    It is the only card left unplayed to force the GNC to reason for the best of Libya and accept a government of national unity.

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