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verb [transitive] British English pronunciation: card /kɑː(r)d/ 
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present tense
I/you/we/theycard
he/she/itcards
present participlecarding
past tensecarded
past participlecarded
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  1. 1
    to give a player a red card or yellow card in football, for bad behaviour
    be red/yellow carded:

    Copland was red carded for two offences.

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  3. 3
    mainly journalism to achieve a particular score, especially in golf

    Vickery finished third after carding a score of 68.

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