ON THE CARDS

  

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ON THE CARDS

Definition: ON THE CARDS

ON THE CARDS

1. Likely to happen; foretold and expected but not yet brought to pass; -- a phrase of fortune tellers that has come into common use; also, according to the programme.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 


Synonyms within Context: ON THE CARDS

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Destiny

Adjective: impending; Verb: destined; about to be, happen; coming, in store, to come, going to happen, instant, at hand, near; near, close at hand; over hanging, hanging over one's head, imminent; brewing, preparing, forthcoming; int he wind, on the cards, in reserve; that will, is to be; in prospect; (expected); looming in the distance, horizon, future; unborn, in embryo; int he womb of time, futurity; pregnant; (producing).

Liability

Contingent, incidental, possible, on the cards, within range of, at the mercy of.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: ON THE CARDS

English words defined with "ON THE CARDS": faro. (references)

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Non-Fiction Usage: ON THE CARDS

SubjectTopicQuote

Business

So far, the vast majority are either debit cards that withdraw money from a bank account, or are credit cards that require security deposits that nearly match the credit limits on the cards. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Expression: ON THE CARDS

Expression using "ON THE CARDS": it's on the cards. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: ON THE CARDS

Language Translations for "ON THE CARDS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

French

  

prévu, possible. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

onay ethay ardscay

   

Spanish

  

es probable (it's on the cards). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

olası (a priori, contingent, contingently, earthly, eventual, feasible, in the air, in the cards, incidental, liable, like, likely, off, plausible, possible, probable, prospective, within the bounds of possibility), muhtemel (a priori, contingent, eventual, in the cards, liable, likely, probable, prospective), hesapta olan (in the cards). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: ON THE CARDS

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-d-e-h-n-o-r-s-t"

-1 letter: anchorets, chordates.

-2 letters: ancestor, anchored, anchoret, cartoned, cathodes, chanters, chantors, chordate, enactors, endocast, endosarc, hardnose, notchers, redcoats, snatched, snatcher, stanched, stancher, starched, tacnodes, thoraces, tranches.

-3 letters: acnodes, anchors, another, anthers, archons, atoners, candors, canters, cantors, carnets, cartons, cathode, chadors, chanted, chanter, chantor, charted, chasten, chaster, choreas, coarsen, coasted, coaster, coaters, coheads, contras, cordate.

 Words containing the letters "a-c-d-e-h-n-o-r-s-t"
 

+1 letter: achondrites, octahedrons.

 

+2 letters: shortchanged.

 

+3 letters: dechlorinates.

 

+4 letters: countershading, thenceforwards, thermodynamics, trisoctahedron.

 

+5 letters: coldheartedness, countershadings, cyproheptadines, dechlorinations, dichloroethanes, echinodermatous, trichomonacides, trisoctahedrons.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Quotations: Non-fiction
4. Expressions
5. Translations: Modern
6. Anagrams
7. Bibliography


  

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