Card | Mean of card in English Dictionary

/ˈkɑɚd/

• Noun
• a small piece of stiff paper that is marked with symbols or pictures to show its value, comes in a set, and is used for playing games (such as poker)
1. Each player is dealt five cards.
2. Shuffle the cards.
3. card tricks
4. He bought a deck/pack of cards.
5. poker and other card games [=games that use a deck of cards]
• a game played with a deck of cards
1. Do you want to play (a game of) cards?
2. We played cards until midnight.
• a thick piece of paper that is usually folded in half and decorated on one side and that contains a greeting, an invitation, etc.
1. He sent me a card for my birthday. = He sent me a birthday card.
2. a get well card
3. a card shop/store

• a rectangular piece of plastic that is used to buy goods or services or to get money from a bank or a machine
1. “Will you be paying cash?” “No, please put it on my card.” [=I will pay for it using my credit/debit card]
2. an ATM card
3. Insert your card into the machine. = Swipe/Pass your card through the machine.
• a rectangular piece of paper or plastic with information about a person written on it
1. a membership/library/appointment card
2. Let me give you my card. [=business card]
• a small piece of paper that is used for writing down information
1. He wrote his notes on 3 x 5 cards. [=cards that are 3 inches tall and 5 inches wide]
2. You may use note cards [=cards with notes on them] during your speech.
• a thin, hard board that has small electronic devices on it and that can be added to the inside of a computer to make the computer perform different tasks
1. a memory/sound/video card
2. an expansion card [=a device that allows a computer to do more things than it originally could]
• a list of the individual competitions that will happen at a sports event
1. a racing card [=a list of races]
2. a boxing card [=a list of boxing matches]
3. Three fights are on the card tonight.
• a funny or amusing person
1. He's such a card!
• to be told that you no longer have a job
1. Thousands of factory workers have been given their cards [=have been laid off; have lost their jobs] in recent months.
• to be in control of a situation and have the power to make decisions
1. It's your decision. You're holding all the cards.
• certain or likely to happen in the future
1. No one knows what's in the cards for the economy next year. [=what will happen to the economy next year]
2. It's not in the cards for him to win the election. [=he's not going to win the election]
3. Success just wasn't in the cards for her. [=she wasn't meant/supposed to succeed]
• to be honest with other people and to tell them your thoughts, plans, etc., in a very open way
1. Before we can talk further, you need to put all your cards on the table. [=you need to tell me what you are really thinking]
• to keep your plans, ideas, etc., hidden from other people
1. No one knows if he's going to run for reelection. He's still playing his cards close to his chest.
• to do things in an intelligent and well-planned way
1. If I play my cards right, I'll be able to graduate next year.
• Verb
• to ask (someone) to show a form of identification (such as a driver's license) in order to prove that the person is old enough to do something (such as to drink alcohol)
1. We all got carded. [=someone asked to see our IDs]
2. He carded me when I bought cigarettes/beer.
• to achieve (a score) in golf
1. She carded [=scored] a 75.
2. He carded a birdie on the second hole.