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We must carefully examine change so that we are able to discard those aspects of change which would be detrimental to our way of life, and, at the same time, take advantage of those aspects of change which will enhance and improve our quality of life.
Alex Campbell

Meaning of "discard" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF DISCARD

discard  [dɪsˈkɑːd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DISCARD

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Discard is a verb and can also act as a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb discard in English.

WHAT DOES DISCARD MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of discard in the English dictionary

The first definition of discard in the dictionary is to get rid of as useless or undesirable. Other definition of discard is to throw out from one's hand. Discard is also to play when unable to follow suit.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO DISCARD

PRESENT

Present
I discard
you discard
he/she/it discards
we discard
you discard
they discard
Present continuous
I am discarding
you are discarding
he/she/it is discarding
we are discarding
you are discarding
they are discarding
Present perfect
I have discarded
you have discarded
he/she/it has discarded
we have discarded
you have discarded
they have discarded
Present perfect continuous
I have been discarding
you have been discarding
he/she/it has been discarding
we have been discarding
you have been discarding
they have been discarding
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I discarded
you discarded
he/she/it discarded
we discarded
you discarded
they discarded
Past continuous
I was discarding
you were discarding
he/she/it was discarding
we were discarding
you were discarding
they were discarding
Past perfect
I had discarded
you had discarded
he/she/it had discarded
we had discarded
you had discarded
they had discarded
Past perfect continuous
I had been discarding
you had been discarding
he/she/it had been discarding
we had been discarding
you had been discarding
they had been discarding
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will discard
you will discard
he/she/it will discard
we will discard
you will discard
they will discard
Future continuous
I will be discarding
you will be discarding
he/she/it will be discarding
we will be discarding
you will be discarding
they will be discarding
Future perfect
I will have discarded
you will have discarded
he/she/it will have discarded
we will have discarded
you will have discarded
they will have discarded
Future perfect continuous
I will have been discarding
you will have been discarding
he/she/it will have been discarding
we will have been discarding
you will have been discarding
they will have been discarding
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would discard
you would discard
he/she/it would discard
we would discard
you would discard
they would discard
Conditional continuous
I would be discarding
you would be discarding
he/she/it would be discarding
we would be discarding
you would be discarding
they would be discarding
Conditional perfect
I would have discard
you would have discard
he/she/it would have discard
we would have discard
you would have discard
they would have discard
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been discarding
you would have been discarding
he/she/it would have been discarding
we would have been discarding
you would have been discarding
they would have been discarding
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you discard
we let´s discard
you discard
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to discard
Past participle
discarded
Present Participle
discarding
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DISCARD


battle-scarred
ˈbætəlˌskɑːd
card
kɑːd
datacard
ˈdeɪtəˌkɑːd
e-card
ˈi:kɑːd
Jacquard
ˈdʒækɑːd
MasterCard
ˈmɑːstəˌkɑːd
notecard
ˈnəʊtˌkɑːd
placard
ˈplækɑːd
postcard
ˈpəʊstˌkɑːd
red-card
ˌrɛdˈkɑːd
saccade
səˈkɑːd
scarred
skɑːd
scorecard
ˈskɔːˌkɑːd
shikarred
ʃɪˈkɑːd
wild-card
ˈwaɪldkɑːd
yellow-card
ˌjɛləʊˈkɑːd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DISCARD

disc shutter
disc wheel
discage
discal
discalceate
discalced
discandy
discant
discanter
discapacitate
discardable
discarder
discardment
discarnate
discase
discept
disceptation
disceptatious
disceptator
disceptatorial

WORDS THAT END LIKE DISCARD

birthday card
business card
Christmas card
credit card
debit card
flash card
graphics card
green card
Guiscard
ID card
master card
memory card
Picard
play the race card
report card
smart card
store card
trading card
voter registration card
wild card

Synonyms and antonyms of discard in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «DISCARD»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «discard» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of discard

Translation of «discard» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DISCARD

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

Translator English - Chinese

丢弃
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

desechar
570 millions of speakers

English

discard
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

त्यागने
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تجاهل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

отказаться
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

descartar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বাতিল
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

jeter
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Buang
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

ausrangieren
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

捨てる
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

버리다
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Discard
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

loại bỏ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நிராகரிக்க
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

टाकून द्या
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ıskarta
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

buttare via
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

odrzucić
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

відмовитися
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

aruncați
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

απορρίψετε
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

weggooi
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

kassera
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

forkaste
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of discard

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DISCARD»

The term «discard» is very widely used and occupies the 17.732 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DISCARD» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «discard» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «discard» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about discard

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10 QUOTES WITH «DISCARD»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word discard.
1
Larry Bird
While day by day the overzealous student stores up facts for future use, he who has learned to trust nature finds need for ever fewer external directions. He will discard formula after formula, until he reaches the conclusion: Let nature take its course.
2
Alex Campbell
We must carefully examine change so that we are able to discard those aspects of change which would be detrimental to our way of life, and, at the same time, take advantage of those aspects of change which will enhance and improve our quality of life.
3
Chanakya
He who is overly attached to his family members experiences fear and sorrow, for the root of all grief is attachment. Thus one should discard attachment to be happy.
4
Jack Dee
I took religion much too seriously, however, and its overall effect was depressing. I would have really liked to discard it, but somehow I couldn't.
5
Stanley Fish
Many people on the political left found my work psychologically liberating. They began to say: once you realize that standards emerge historically, then you can see through and discard all the norms to which we have been falsely enslaved.
6
Paul Graham
If you imagine someone with 100 percent determination and 100 percent intelligence, you can discard a lot of intelligence before they stop succeeding. But if you start discarding determination, you very quickly get an ineffectual and perpetual grad student.
7
James Gunn
That certainly is one approach to take. My own is to acknowledge the inner child and try to work with my first fascination with science fiction. I have tried to build on its idea content and narrative drive rather than to discard them.
8
Damian Loeb
Our memories are convenient lies we create, cribbing images from others' experiences. We discard the personal specifics which don't conform to the ideal conventional beauty created by art directors and cinematographers.
9
Konrad Lorenz
It is a good morning exercise for a research scientist to discard a pet hypothesis every day before breakfast. It keeps him young.
10
Ferdinand Marcos
The challenge to Asia is to discard the dry, meatless bone of mysticism and fatalism.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DISCARD»

Discover the use of discard in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to discard and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Discard: Short Story
From the short-story collection The Beggar’s Garden, “Discard” tells the story of Earl, who, after the death of his beloved wife, Tuuli, retreats into his basement.
Michael Christie, 2012
2
Axe Age: Acheulian Tool-making from Quarry to Discard
Many of them are addressed in this volume. The volume, of interest to both scholars and students, presents original contributions that expand the scope of our understanding of this intriguing cultural entity.
Gonen Sharon, 2006
3
Juniper Networks Reference Guide: JUNOS Routing, ...
route 27.0.0.0/8 discard; route 31.0.0.0/8 discard; route 36.0.0.0/8 discard; route 37.0.0.0/8 discard; route 39.0.0.0/8 discard; route 41.0.0.0/8 discard; route 42.0. 0.0/8 discard; route 49.0.0.0/8 discard; route 50.0.0.0/8 discard; route 58.0.0.0/8 ...
Thomas M. Thomas, Doris E. Pavlichek, 2002
4
JUNOS Enterprise Routing: A Practical Guide to JUNOS ...
Static, aggregate, and generated route comparison Route type Next hop type Comment Static Discard, reject, IP/interface next hop, label-switched path (LSP) next hop Global preference of5; can be used for forwarding. Supports qualified and ...
Doug Marschke, Harry Reynolds, 2008
5
TCP Performance over UMTS-HSDPA Systems
3.7.4 SOU Discard at the RLC Sender In the 3GPP specifications [21], the RLC sender entity can be configured by upper layers (in particular RRC layer) to discard SDUs from the sender buffer in certain cases. The objective of this function is to ...
Mohamad Assaad, Djamal Zeghlache, 2006
6
Bridge Lessons: Signal & Discard
The crunch has arrived: what should you as East discard at Trick Two. Clearly desperate for a spade, you cannot release a high spade for you need all four of your spades to win tricks in order to defeat the game. You therefore need to throw  ...
Andrew Robson, 2008
7
Atm Networks Concepts And Protocols
Sumit Kasera. that congestion remains a distant possibility. Among the reactive congestion control mechanisms, three techniques, viz. selective cell discard, frame discard and explicit forward congestion indication — are discussed below.
Sumit Kasera, 2006
8
Metro Ethernet Services for LTE Backhaul
... Mustpeer on all UNls or discard on all UNls MUST discard on all UNls Mustpeer or discard per UNI Mustpeer or discard per UNI Mustpeer or discard per UNI Mustpeer or discard per UNI Mustpeer or discard per UNI Mustpeer or discard per ...
Roman Krzanowski, 2013
9
Typed Lambda Calculi and Applications: International ...
(let e be x®y in f)g let (let e be x®y in f) be p®q in g discard (let e be x®y in f) in g copy (let e be x®y in f) as p,q\n g let (lets be x®y in /) be * in g derelict(let e be x® y in f) (let e be ♢ in f)g let (let e be * in/)bep®giny discard (let e be * in f) in g copy  ...
Marc Bezem, Jan F. Groote, 1993
10
Discards in the World's Marine Fisheries: An Update
They have an average discard rate of 55.8 percent, but the standard deviation of 0.27 (see Table 8) indicates a relatively wide range of discard rates. The weighted discard rate of 67.8 percent is substantially higher than the average, reflecting ...
Kieran Kelleher, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DISCARD»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term discard is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Berkeley: Library discard process criticized - Paradise Post
BERKELEY -- One may disdain dandelions as invasive weeds or love them as a vitamin-rich herb. The conundrum is much like the weeding ... «Paradise Post, Jul 15»
2
Nick Thompson wins Laser World Championship >> Scuttlebutt …
With the second discard now in affect, Thompson's final margin was 26 points over Philipp Buhl (GER) in second, with Tom Burton (AUS) 30 ... «Scuttlebutt Sailing News, Jul 15»
3
If You Can Make A Smoothie, You Can Make These 3 … - Yahoo
Peel the skin and discard it. 6. Put your peeled potato pieces in a blender along with the soaked cashews and the soaking water, cilantro, ... «Yahoo Food, Jul 15»
4
Logitech now known as just Logi, because 'tech is everywhere …
Or when Pizza Hut attempted to discard the key component of its name in favor of "The Hut"? Both had reasonable explanations for the snappy ... «THE BUSINESS TIMES, Jul 15»
5
Recipe: Hearty South American locro | Stuff.co.nz
Remove the casserole from the oven and discard the bay leaves. Remove the lamb chops from the stew and, when cool enough to handle, ... «Stuff.co.nz, Jul 15»
6
Feds throw cold water on GOP air traffic control privatization plan …
The push from Shuster to privatize air traffic control comes as the FAA is in the midst of a years-long effort to discard the World War II-era radar ... «The Hill, Jul 15»
7
Berkeley: Library discard process criticized
Berkeley: Library discard process criticized. By Judith Scherr Correspondent. Posted: 07/07/2015 12:17:00 PM PDT# Comments | Updated: about 7 hours ago. «Contra Costa Times, Jul 15»
8
B.C. drivers urged to discard cigarettes with care as smokers blamed …
Smokers are being asked to keep an extra eye on where they butt-out following a rash of fires across the province believed to have been ... «The Province, Jul 15»
9
Counterpoint: Rolando McClain Still Gives Cowboys A Presence …
My colleague Tom Ryle would disagree, but here in July is not the time to just discard Rolando because of a four-game suspension. «Blogging The Boys, Jul 15»
10
Soon, you may get incentives to discard your old car
The government may come up with a policy to offer financial incentives for discarding old cars, Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari said today ... «Business Standard, Jul 15»

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