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Definition: ON THE CARDS |
ON THE CARDS1. 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. |
| Context | Synonyms 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. | |
Crosswords: ON THE CARDS |
| English words defined with "ON THE CARDS": faro. (references) |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
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. | ||
Expression using "ON THE CARDS": it's on the cards. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "ON THE CARDS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
French | prévu, possible. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | onay ethay ardscay es probable (it's on the cards). (various references) 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) | ||||||||||||||||
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. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Quotations: Non-fiction 4. Expressions | 5. Translations: Modern 6. Anagrams 7. Bibliography |
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