ace
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2.7
- noun
- /eɪs/
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- During the card game, she celebrated when she received an ace as her first card.
- ace of spades
- an ace card
- four aces
So the hands that beat a bluff are aces in kings, not Queens, right?
- So the hands that beat a bluff are aces in kings, not Queens, right?
- Who is the ace, the Jack, the spade and the king in the spade?
- You have the ace of the right, you have the ace of the suit.
- It was blowing this clouds as black as the ace of spades.
- We would had a different guy in here today, a guy called my ace nine with an ace four and he beat me was whack.
Examples
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Whenever I'd ask her to think of a card, she always said 'ace of spades.'
Fiction book (1994) -
How did you come up with that ace of spades?
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OK, I think this is an ace of clubs.
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The next card is an ace, ace of diamonds.
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What is the probability of the ace being one of the last two cards?
Blog text (1) -
So what's the next move, ace?
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But the ace trumps the king.
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In every spread of the cards, she turned up both the ace of spades and the queen of diamonds.
Fiction book (1990) -
Sir Maxwell sees her and, upon being dealt the ace of hearts for his third card, raises her ten.
Fiction book (1999) -
James has suddenly shuffled the deck and placed the ace of spades somewhere in its midst.
Fiction book (2002)
Idioms
Compounds
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5.8
A playing card with a single black spade and the letter A that people often think is unlucky
- Specialized
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4.2
A medicine that lowers blood pressure by blocking a body chemical that narrows blood vessels
Surface Forms
Etymology
Ace as a playing card comes from the Latin word as meaning 'one', because the card showed a single mark. That's why an ace is literally the 'one' card and can be the lowest or the highest in different games.