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Conflict and character are the heart of good fiction, and good mystery has both of those in spades.
Diana Gabaldon

Meaning of "spades" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SPADES

spades  [speɪdz] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SPADES

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Spades is 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.

WHAT DOES SPADES MEAN IN ENGLISH?

spades

Spades

Spades is a trick-taking card game devised in the United States in the 1930s. It can be played as either a partnership or solo/"cutthroat" game. The object is to take at least the number of tricks that were bid before play of the hand began. In partnership Spades, the bids and tricks taken are combined for a partnership. Spades is a descendant of the Whist family of card games, which also includes Bridge, Hearts, and Oh Hell. Its major difference as compared to other Whist variants is that, instead of trump being decided by the highest bidder or at random, the Spade suit is always trump, hence the name.

Definition of spades in the English dictionary

The definition of spades in the dictionary is the suit of cards marked with a black symbol resembling a heart-shaped leaf with a stem, usually the highest ranking of the four.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SPADES


AIDS
eɪdz
antitrades
ˈæntɪˌtreɪdz
besides
bɪˈsaɪdz
classifieds
ˈklæsɪˌfaɪdz
Comrades
ˈkɒmreɪdz
Everglades
ˈɛvəˌɡleɪdz
Guides
ˈɡaɪdz
haemorrhoids
ˈhɛməˌrɔɪdz
hemorrhoids
ˈhɛmərɔɪdz
ides
aɪdz
insides
ˈɪnˌsaɪdz
jack-of-all-trades
ˌdʒækəvˈɔːltreɪdz
Laurentides
ˈlɔːrənˌtaɪdz
Lloyd´s
lɔɪdz
palisades
ˌpælɪˈseɪdz
rapids
ˈræpɪdz
shades
ʃeɪdz
snowblades
ˈsnəʊˌbleɪdz
solids
ˈsɒlɪdz
strides
straɪdz

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SPADES

spadassin
spade
spade foot
spade guinea
spadefish
spadeful
spadelike
spademan
spader
spadework
spadger
spadiceous
spadices
spadicifloral
spadille
spadix
spado
spadroon
spae

WORDS THAT END LIKE SPADES

Alcibiades
building trades
charades
Cyclades
dolmades
Hades
Hyades
in spades
jack of all trades
Miltiades
monades
Northern Sporades
Pleiades
pseudomonades
Red Brigades
rhagades
Sporades
the Everglades
the Red Brigades
the shades

Synonyms and antonyms of spades in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «spades» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SPADES

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

Translator English - Chinese

黑桃
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

picas
570 millions of speakers

English

spades
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

हुकुम
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

البستوني
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

лопаты
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

spades
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

spademan
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

piques
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Spademan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Spaten
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

スペード
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

스페이드
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Spademan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Spades
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

spademan
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सुदंर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

spademan
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

picche
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pik
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

лопати
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pică
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μπαστούνι
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

grawe
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

spader
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

spader
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of spades

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SPADES»

The term «spades» is quite widely used and occupies the 25.736 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SPADES» OVER TIME

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

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2 QUOTES WITH «SPADES»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word spades.
1
Diana Gabaldon
Conflict and character are the heart of good fiction, and good mystery has both of those in spades.
2
Michael Patrick Jann
Usually you talk about directors in terms of the way they choose camera lenses or a kind of light to create a certain effect. But to me the most valuable commodity for a movie to create is a feeling of life, and that's what A Hard Day's Night has in spades.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SPADES»

Discover the use of spades in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to spades and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
King of Spades
Wonderland - King of Spades By Cheyenne McCray Book 2 in the Wonderland series Alexi O'Brien is pissed and will stop at nothing to locate her missing twin.
Cheyenne McCray, 2003
2
Jack of Spades
Will he get another chance for redemption? Or did his uncle make a huge mistake by recruiting him? Jack of Spades is the first volume of the four-novel work The Spades Quartet.
Raymond Alfonso, 2010
3
The Queen of Spades and Other Russian Stories: Dual Language ...
The Russian (Cyrillic) text is on the right and the English translation on the left, so readers are able to comprehend the ideas being conveyed without turning a page.
Alexander Pushkin, Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, 2011
4
Ace of Spades: A Memoir
A bracing yet hilarious reinvention of the American story of passing, Ace of Spades marks the debut of an irresistible and fiercely original new voice.
David Matthews, 2007
5
King of Spades
When Natalie "BabyGirl" Smith, who is on a dangerous mission to find the people who killed her parents, comes into his life, Andre Chin finds his growing empire in danger, while his fiancee Porsha and his business partner conspire against ...
Kiniesha Gayle, 2008
6
Pushkin and the Queen of Spades
The author of The Wind Done Gone explores the racial divide in America through the character of Harvard-educated African-American professor of Russian literature Windsor Armstrong--a liberal black woman who is troubled by her son's romantic ...
Alice Randall, 2005
7
Sods, Soil, and Spades: The Acadians at Grand PrŽ and Their ...
Sods, Soil, and Spades examines the unique and elegant engineering principles and practices used by the Acadians and looks at how their culture influenced their success in mastering this marshland region.
J. Sherman Bleakney, 2004
8
The Queen of Spades
Alexander Sergeievitch Pushkin (1799-1837) is considered Russia's greatest poet and, by many, the greatest Russian writer.
Sergeievitch Pushkin Alexander, 2005
9
The Queen of Spades
Renowned Russian author Alexander Pushkin has gained acclaim as one of the most skilled and accomplished literary figures of his generation.
Alexander Pushkin, 2011
10
Spades for Winners
The book contains information on Internet play and Rules & Options. This is the complete book of Spades.
Steve Fleishman, 2001

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SPADES»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term spades is used in the context of the following news items.
1
The Queen of Spades, ENO, review: 'Someone should tell David …
Tchaikovsky's The Queen of Spades is impossible to pull off without a singer who can bring tormented intensity to the central figure of Herman, the sociopath in ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jun 15»
2
Beyoncé Didn't Really Bathe in $20000 Wine, But She Should Have
Nope! A bottle of Armand de Brignac—a.k.a “Ace of Spades”—retails for about $300. The image floating around showing a $20,000 price tag for a blanc de noirs ... «Gawker, May 15»
3
Beyoncé Pours Out Pricey Bottle of Champagne Into a Hot Tub and …
Jay Z's better half can be seen pouring out a shiny bottle of Armand de Brignac — aka Ace of Spades — into a hot tub, which rubbed quite a few folks the wrong ... «Yahoo Celebrity UK, May 15»
4
Derbyshire badgers 'hit with spades' in sett attacks
"The badgers are then brutalised by dogs and, judging by the evidence we have found, by men assaulting them with spades or taken away for sport," he said. «BBC News, Mar 15»
5
Ace of Spades shooting raises debate over rap violence
Questions are being raised about rap performers at small venues in Sacramento. A shooting after a rap performance at Ace of Spades is raising debate over rap ... «News10.net, Mar 15»
6
Shots fired after Nipsey Hussle show at Ace of Spades in Sacramento
Sacramento police continued Saturday to investigate a shooting late Friday outside the Ace of Spades music club in the 1400 block of R Street. Police officers ... «Sacramento Bee, Feb 15»
7
Motorhead Reunite With Classic Members For Surprise …
Phil Taylor didn't actually play 'Ace of Spades' with Motorhead, opting to say a quick hello to the crowd instead. Clarke, on the other hand, picked up his axe to ... «Loudwire, Nov 14»
8
Jay Z drops $200 million for stake in champagne company
Jay Z spent $200 million for his stake in Armand de Brignac — the brand behind high-end bubbly “Ace of Spades” — sources exclusively tell Page Six. «Page Six, Nov 14»
9
Jay Z buys 'Ace of Spades' luxury Champagne label
The rap impresario has long been associated with Armand de Brignac — the Champagne known as “Ace of Spades,'' due to its distinctive insignia — and now ... «New York Post, Nov 14»
10
The breakout star of the 2014 primaries is not a candidate
In 2011, he and the rest of the Ace of Spades crew watched the returns come in for ... fellow Ace of Spades bloggers watched three large counties — Milwaukee, ... «Washington Examiner, Sep 14»

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« EDUCALINGO. Spades [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/spades>. Apr 2024 ».
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