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Meaning of "wild card" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF WILD CARD

wild card play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WILD CARD

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preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Wild card 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 WILD CARD MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Wild card

Wild card may refer to: ▪ Wild card, a playing card that substitutes for any other card in card games ▪ Wild card, a tournament or playoff berth awarded to an individual or team that has not qualified through normal play ▪ Wild card, low-probability, high-impact events...

Definition of wild card in the English dictionary

The first definition of wild card in the dictionary is a player or team that has not qualified for a competition but is allowed to take part, at the organizers' discretion, after all the regular places have been taken. Other definition of wild card is an unpredictable element in a situation. Wild card is also a symbol that can represent any character or group of characters, as in a filename.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE WILD CARD

wild and woolly
wild basil
wild beast
wild bergamot
wild boar
wild brier
wild cabbage
wild carrot
wild celery
wild cherry
wild child
wild dog
wild flower
Wild Geese
wild ginger
wild horse
wild hyacinth
wild indigo
wild Irishman
wild lettuce

WORDS THAT END LIKE WILD CARD

birthday card
business card
card
Christmas card
credit card
debit card
flash card
graphics card
green card
health card
ID card
master card
memory card
play the race card
red card
report card
smart card
store card
trading card
voter registration card
yellow card

Synonyms and antonyms of wild card in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «wild card» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF WILD CARD

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

Translator English - Chinese

未知因素
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

comodín
570 millions of speakers

English

wild card
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

वाइल्ड कार्ड
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

بطاقة البرية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

джокером
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

caractere de substituição
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ওয়াইল্ড কার্ড
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

inconnue
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kad liar
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

unbekannte Größe
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

先が予測ができないもの
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

예측 불가능한 요인
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kertu alam bébas
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thẻ hoang dã
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

காட்டு அட்டை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

वाइल्ड कार्ड
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Joker kart
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

elemento imprevedibile
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

dzikiej karty
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

джокером
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

wild card
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

wild card
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

wild card
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

joker
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

wild card
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of wild card

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «WILD CARD»

The term «wild card» is quite widely used and occupies the 36.468 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «WILD CARD» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «wild card» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «wild card» 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 wild card

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WILD CARD»

Discover the use of wild card in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to wild card and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Wild Card
Returning to Texas three years after a mission went disastrously wrong, leaving him a captive and his wife believing that he is dead, Navy SEAL Nathan Malone is forced to assume a new identity in order to woo the woman he had left behind, ...
Lora Leigh, 2012
2
Wild Card
It was supposed to be simple.
Lora Leigh, 2008
3
Dudley Murphy, Hollywood Wild Card
Follows the life of Hollywood's first independent filmmaker known for "The Emperor Jones" and "Ballet mâecanique."
Susan Delson, 2006
4
Wild Card
Tiki Barber, Ronde Barber. From across the room he heard Ronde sigh. 4WINS& #0;THINK�ALIKE, he told himself. “Honor roll, dude!” Tiki bragged, holding up his report card for the whole lunch table to see. “Gimme that!” said Paco. “This is ...
Tiki Barber, Ronde Barber, 2012
5
Wild Card: An Autobiography 1923-1958
Republished for a new generation of readers, this extraordinary autobiography of one of Australia's most celebrated female writers, Dorothy Hewett, traces the personal and political metamorphoses of her first 35 years.
Dorothy Hewett, 2012
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The Wild Card of Reading: On Paul de Man
One of the most knowledgeable and provocative explicators of Paul de Man's writings, Rodolphe Gasché, a philosopher by training, demonstrates for the first time the systematic coherence of the critic's work, insisting that de Man continues ...
Rodolphe Gasché, 1998
7
Wild Card Quilt: The Ecology of Home
By the author of "Ecology of a Cracker Childhood" comes the story of a woman's return to her childhood home in Baxley, Georgia. 20 illustrations.
Janisse Ray, 2004
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Wild Card
The scene is set for a high-stakes game of sexual exploration. When the wild card keeps changing it's difficult for even the most accomplished player to know who's bluffing and who is telling the truth.
Madeline Moore, 2010
9
Wild Card
A tale for children of one girl's experience with a mice plague in rural Australia. Stacey knows farms and animals well but the mice challenge her to see the wider view of nature.
Josephine Croser, 1994
10
Wild Card
Elite superhero team Vanguard Prime has a new mission .
Steven Lochran, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WILD CARD»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term wild card is used in the context of the following news items.
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Former Wimbledon champion Lleyton Hewitt granted wild card by All …
LONDON – Lleyton Hewitt will play at Wimbledon after the 2002 champion was granted a wild card for the singles tournament by the All England Club. «Fox News, Jun 15»
2
Wild Card Implications When the Los Angeles Kings Square Off …
Saturday night's game will have Wild-Card implications when the Los Angeles Kings visit the Minnesota Wild. Puck-drop is at 5:00 p.m. at Xcel Energy Center. «Rink Royalty, Mar 15»
3
Wild lose to Ducks but remain in Wild Card position
Devan Dubnyk didn't get the night off. And once again, he delivered a solid performance for the Minnesota Wild. Now, if only Minnesota had found a way to ... «NBCSports.com, Mar 15»
4
Putting Wild in wild card: Minnesota topples Dallas late
It's almost hard to believe that the Dallas Stars had a 1-0 lead against the Minnesota Wild on Sunday. Things changed sharply in the third period, as the Wild ... «NBCSports.com, Feb 15»
5
Jason Statham, Sofía Vergara try for a win with 'Wild Card'
Statham and director Simon West somewhat more successfully raise the low stakes with the action sequences in “Wild Card,” especially a massive casino brawl ... «New York Post, Jan 15»
6
2014 NFL Playoffs: What to watch for on Wild Card Weekend
The wild-card round of the NFL playoffs is sometimes viewed as the warm-up act to the divisional round, when the top four seeds in the league start postseason ... «NFL.com, Jan 15»
7
MLB playoff reset: What we learned from the wild cards
Just two wild-card games are in the books, a mere appetizer to the 40 potential playoff games in the offing through the World Series. But in the 24 hours ... «USA TODAY, Oct 14»
8
NL wild card: Madison Bumgarner throws complete game as Giants …
ON BASEBALL | PITTSBURGH — The streets here Wednesday afternoon were crawling with black T-shirts and Pirate caps. The Roberto Clemente Bridge, over ... «Washington Post, Oct 14»
9
Martina Hingis granted wild card to play at Wimbledon with Dan …
Martina Hingis will return to competitive action at Wimbledon for the first time in seven years after being handed a wildcard for the women's doubles tournament. «ESPN.co.uk, Jun 14»
10
Red Wings defeat the Wild, move into second...
The Detroit Red Wings have suddenly won three games in a row, with the latest victory pushing them back into the second Wild Card spot in the Eastern ... «NBCSports.com, Mar 14»

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