card
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Pronunciation[change]
- (UK) IPA (key): /kɑːd/ or [kʰɑːd]
- (US) enPR: kärd, IPA (key): /kɑrd/ or [kʰɑrd]
- (AU) IPA (key): /kaːd/ or [kʰäːd]
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Noun[change]
- A card is a small, often rectangular piece of paper or plastic, usually with information.
- The police stopped me and asked to see my identity card.
- "I don't have any money with me, can I pay with my credit card?"
- The soccer player got a red card and left the game.
- We spent the afternoon playing card games.
- I think we sent them a Christmas card last year.
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Verb[change]
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- (transitive) If you card someone, you check their ID cards, usually to see if they are old enough to enter a place or drink alcohol.
- They have to card anybody who looks 30 or younger.