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wildcards

/ˈwaɪldkɑːrdz/ /ˈwaɪldkɑrdz/

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noun

In card games, a card that can be assigned any value or used to substitute for any needed card.

Examples :

"In this card game, the jokers are designated as wildcards, meaning they can be used as any card you need to complete a winning hand. "

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noun

A competitor or team that is allowed to compete in a tournament despite not reaching the normal standards to qualify for inclusion.

Examples :

"Kye Sun-Hui won an Olympic gold medal in Judo, despite being a wild card."

sport game achievement

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noun

A character that substitutes for other characters in regular expressions and globbing

Examples :

"When searching for files, I used wildcards like "*" to find all files ending in ".txt", no matter what their names were. "

computing technical language

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noun

A character that takes the place of any other character or string that is not known or specified.

Examples :

"If the character is acting as a wildcard, then the pattern am matches each of the words amalgam, atom and alum."

computing technology character system type word

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noun

(also written wild card) An uncontrolled or unpredictable element.

Examples :

"In any election, undecided voters are often considered wildcards because their votes can shift the outcome in unexpected ways. "

element tendency character situation

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(also written wild card) An element, often deliberately concealed, which is withheld for contingency.

Examples :

"The manager kept a few experienced employees as wildcards in case some new trainees struggled with the project. "

element possibility game business