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card

1
a small piece of plastic or paper containing information about a person or showing, for example, that they belong to a particular organization, club etc :
information
[countable]
2
a small piece of plastic, especially one that you get from a bank or shop, which you use to pay for goods or to get money :
Lost or stolen cards must be reported immediately.
a £10 phone card
Every time you use your store card, you get air miles.
➔ charge card, cheque card, credit card,debit card
money
[countable]


3
a piece of folded thick stiff paper with a picture on the front, that you send to people on special occasions
greetings
[countable]
4
a card with a photograph or picture on one side, that you send to someone when you are on holiday [= postcard]:
I sent you a card from Madrid.
holiday
[countable]
5
thick stiff paper [↪ cardboard]:
Cut a piece of white card 12 × 10cm.
stiff paper
[uncountable] British English
6
a small piece of thick stiff paper that information can be written or printed on :
a set of recipe cards
a score card
for writing information
[countable]

7
games
[countable]
a) a small piece of thick stiff paper with numbers and signs or pictures one side. There are 52 cards in a set [= playing card]
pack/deck of cards (=a complete set of cards)
b) game in which these cards are used :
I'm no good at cards.

c) a small piece of thick stiff paper with numbers or pictures on them, used to play a particular game :
a set of cards for playing Snap

8
a small piece of thick stiff paper with a picture on one side, that is part of a set which people collect
football/baseball etc card
9
a small piece of thick stiff paper that shows your name, job, and the company you work for; [= business card; ↪ visiting card]:
My name's Adam Carver. Here's my card.
business
[countable]
10
the thing inside a computer that the chips are attached to, that allows the computer to do specific things :
a graphics card
computer
[countable]
11
to seem likely to happen :
At 3-1 down, another defeat seemed to be on the cards.
be on the cards
British English, be in the cards American English
12
to deal with a situation in the right way, so that you are successful in getting what you want :
If he plays his cards right, Tony might get a promotion.
play your cards right

13
to tell people what your plans and intentions are in a clear, honest way :
What I'd like us to do is put our cards on the table and discuss the situation in a rational manner.
put/lay your cards on the table

16
to have another advantage that you can use to be successful in a particular situation
have another card up your sleeve
17
something that gives you a big advantage in a particular situation :
The promise of tax cuts proved, as always, to be the Republican Party's trump card.
trump/best/strongest card

18
if someone's card is marked, they have done something that makes people in authority disapprove of them
somebody's card is marked
British English
19
an amusing or unusual person :
Fred's a real card, isn't he!
person
[countable] old-fashionedinformal
20
a small piece of stiff red or yellow paper, shown to a player who has done something wrong in a game such as football
sport
[countable]
21
a list of races or matches at a sports event, especially a horse race :
a full card of 120 riders for the Veterans race
list at sports event
[countable]
22
a small piece of thick stiff paper with a special picture on one side, that is put down in a pattern in order to tell someone what will happen in their future
tarot
[countable]
23
a tool that is similar to a comb and is used for combing, cleaning, and preparing wool or cotton for spinning
tool
[countable] technical➔ hold all the cards
at hold1 (30)➔ play the race/nationalist/environmentalist etc card
at play1 (14)➔ stack the cards
atstack2 (4)
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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