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card

 
 
/kɑːd/ noun

Translation

MESSAGE [C] a folded piece of stiff paper with a picture on the front and a message inside that you send to someone on a special occasion
kart
a birthday card 1198
INFORMATION [C] a piece of stiff paper or plastic that has information printed on it
üzerinde bilgi olan kart
a library card This phone accepts coins and cards.1198
GAME [C] ( also playing card) one of a set of 52 pieces of stiff paper with numbers and pictures used for playing games
iskambil kağıdı
UK a pack of cards/ US a deck of cards We spent the evening playing cards (= playing games using cards).14871198
PAPER [U] UK thick, stiff paper
karton
1197
WITHOUT ENVELOPE [C] a postcard (= card with a picture on one side that you send without an envelope)
karpostal
11971198
COMPUTER [C] a part inside a computer which controls how the computer operates
bilgisayar kartı
a graphics/sound card1396
be on the cards UK ( US be in the cards) to be likely to happen
olması muhtemel, olası
Do you think marriage is on the cards?1757
put/lay your cards on the table to tell someone honestly what you think or plan to do
açık sözlü davranmak, açık olmak, dobra dobra konuşmak
1047
→ See also cash card → See also charge card → See also Christmas card → See also credit card → See also debit card → See also phone card → See also smart card → See also swipe card → See also trump card → See also wild card
(Definition of card noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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