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PRONUNCIATION OF CARD-CARRYING

card-carrying play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CARD-CARRYING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Card-Carrying is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES CARD-CARRYING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

card-carrying

Card-carrying Communist

Card-carrying Communist is a term popularised during the Second Red Scare as a label for members of Communist Party. The term "card-carrying" widened in scope after the 1950s, and now refers to any "registered member of an organisation," or any "authentic" or "dedicated" person. The term is still considered derogatory when used in its Cold War context.

Definition of card-carrying in the English dictionary

The definition of card-carrying in the dictionary is being an official member of a specified organization.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CARD-CARRYING

card index
card player
card punch
card reader
card stacker
card surfing
card table
card tart
card trick
card vote
card-index
Card.
cardamine
cardamom
cardamon
cardamum
cardan joint
cardboard
cardboard city
cardboardy

WORDS THAT END LIKE CARD-CARRYING

blackberrying
buying
crying
dairying
drying
frying
hurrying
nondrying
prying
quarrying
quick-drying
sheep-worrying
spin-drying
trying
unhurrying
unvarying
unwearying
varying
wearying
worrying

Synonyms and antonyms of card-carrying in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «card-carrying» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CARD-CARRYING

Find out the translation of card-carrying to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of card-carrying from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «card-carrying» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

正牌
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

carnet
570 millions of speakers

English

card-carrying
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कार्ड ले जाने
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

بطاقة الدفترية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

ярого
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

carteirinha
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কার্ডের বহন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

carte - comptable
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Membawa kad
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Karte - Buch
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

カード運搬
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

카드 운반
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kertu-kertu
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thẻ ghi sổ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அட்டை சுமந்து செல்லும் இந்த
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कार्ड-वर्क्स
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kartlı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

tesserato
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Karta - księgowa
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

ярого
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

carte - contabilă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κάρτα - μεταφοράς
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

kaart - dra
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

kort bärandet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

kort - bæring
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of card-carrying

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CARD-CARRYING»

The term «card-carrying» is regularly used and occupies the 105.131 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CARD-CARRYING» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about card-carrying

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CARD-CARRYING»

Discover the use of card-carrying in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to card-carrying and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional ...
34, 1996 card-carrying adjective devout, dedicated us, rsw First used in the late 1940s to describe fervent leftists in the US as 'card-carrying Communists', the term was given new life in 1988 when Democratic presidential candidate Michael  ...
Eric Partridge, Tom Dalzell, Terry Victor, 2006
2
Blacklisted by History: The Untold Story of Senator Joe ...
McCarthy said: “Last night l discussed the 'Communists in the State Department.' I stated I had the names of 57 card-carrying members of the Communist Party." Thus. McCarthy's stopover at Salt Lake produced three separate media versions  ...
M. Stanton Evans, 2009
3
Official gazette of the United States Patent Office
A scoring machine, including a supporting frame, a card carrying frame carried thereby and mounted for straight line vertical movement, a card mounted in the latter frame for straight line horizontal movement, a type bar mounted for movement ...
United States. Patent Office, 1915
4
Carving Card-Carrying Critters with Power
A step-by-step guide to making Card-Carrying Critters, fanciful creations that put your business card in the best possible light.
Cheryl Castles, 1997
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The Routledge Dictionary of Modern American Slang and ...
3, 1991 card-carrying adjective devout, dedicated US, 1927 First used in the late 1940s to describe fervent leftists in the US as “card-carrying Communists,” the term was given new life in 1988 when Democratic presidential candidate Michael  ...
Tom Dalzell, 2008
6
Quoth the Maven: More on Language from William Safire
“The socialist left and the card-carrying capitalists will find it equally objectionable ,” wrote The Economist in 1975; that magazine also liked to identify William Simon as “a card-carrying capitalist,” which the then-Secretary of the Treasury could ...
William Safire, 2011
7
Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office
... the base of said tongue being spaced from one edge of the card and the tongue extending from its base toward the opposite edge of the card, each card being provided with a hinge connecting that portion of the card carrying the tongue and ...
8
Slinging Mud: Rude Nicknames, Scurrilous Slogans, and ...
Since the 1950s, dinosaur wing has been used to characterize reactionaries or entrenched old-timers of either party. Card-Carrying Commies, Commie Symps, and Reds Under the Bed As World War II ended, the United States and the Soviet  ...
Rosemarie Ostler, 2011
9
Blood Politics: Race, Culture, and Identity in the Cherokee ...
culturally accepted by a Cherokee community, as "card-carrying Indians" or " those Cherokees who'll be needing their white card." Obviously, white in this instance is a double entendre, referring both to a certificate degree of Indian blood, ...
Circe Sturm, 2002
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The Oxford Dictionary of American Political Slang
26): He is going to play the patriot card and the nationalism card, and they trump the U.N. card every time. card-carrying adj. having a membership card of a specified organization, esp. of the Communist Party; (hence) to be dedicated and  ...
Grant Barrett, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CARD-CARRYING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term card-carrying is used in the context of the following news items.
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Miguel and Frank Ocean both make amazing music, so stop pitting …
It was a whole thing– people were either banner-waving, card-carrying members of 'Team Miguel' or 'Team Frank,' and that's just what it was. «For The Win, Jul 15»
2
How Michelle Wie's Story Makes Us Rethink The Meaning Of Success
... both genders about the exemptions she received into PGA and LPGA events even though she wasn't a card-carrying member of either tour. «ESPN, Jul 15»
3
Why one of the most successful people in tech took the No. 2 job at a …
Sacks is a card-carrying member of the PayPal “mafia,” who have gone on to massive success in Silicon Valley. He was the COO of PayPal ... «Business Insider Australia, Jul 15»
4
A Grecian Formula for Courting Disaster
Greece cannot demand to be treated like a Egypt-type client state but also demand to be a card-carrying member of the euro. It was fine for ... «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»
5
July 7th, 2015 by Jolie Lucas
We decided we both were card-carrying members of the Rose-Colored Glasses ... I suppose it is a week where we all become card-carrying members of the ... «AOPA Pilot, Jul 15»
6
Patton Oswalt stars in the debut trailer for Telltale's Minecraft: Story …
Starring comedian and card-carrying geek Patton Oswalt, Minecraft: Story Mode is a five-part episodic adventure set in the open-ended, ... «Digital Trends, Jul 15»
7
There Is A Beyoncé-Inspired Skyscraper Being Built In Australia
We see that you're a card-carrying member of the Beyhive. Carry on. ADVERTISING. [The Verge]. Tags: architecture, beyhive, beyonce, ... «The Frisky, Jul 15»
8
Maple Leafs sign forward Shawn Matthias
Matthias also has traits common to a few newcomers: A past tie to Babcock, an Ontario birth certificate and the fact he's a card-carrying Leafs ... «Toronto Sun, Jul 15»
9
Columnist comes off wise, but is he really?
How wise to insert your personal credentials as a card-carrying church member with the little parenthetical phrase “as [my church] certainly ... «The Herald Journal, Jul 15»
10
Is That Common Sense Gun Control.. or More Spin?
Politicians and anti-rights advocates don't like the idea of card-carrying good guys. The politicians want an expensive burocracy instead. «AmmoLand Shooting Sports News, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Card-Carrying [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/card-carrying>. May 2024 ».
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