Meaning

7 senses
  1. (transitive)To deal cards to someone entering a game; to enter someone into a game by dealing cards to that person.

  2. (transitive)To trade (buy and sell) a named commodity.

  3. (transitive)To accept (something or a piece of information) as a basis for a decision.

  4. (transitive)To have an interest in something.

  5. (transitive)To give (someone) a share or portion of something; to include (someone) in a plan or scheme.

    We can deal you in on the robbery.

  6. (intransitive)To discard another player's winning tile, causing them to declare a win.

  7. (broadly, intransitive)To be a winning tile that an opponent declares a win off of.

Examples

79 sentences
  1. This shop deals in women's clothing.

    deDieses Geschäft handelt mit Damenbekleidung. — Manfredo

  2. The company deals in various goods.

  3. They deal in rice at that store.

  4. We'll deal with it in the morning.

  5. I'll deal with Tom in my own way.

Forms

deals in, dealing in, dealt in, dealt in
Base formdeal in · to deal in
3rd person singulardeals in
Present participledealing in
Past simpledealt in
Past participledealt in

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theydeal in
he, she, itdeals in

Past simpleLesson

all personsdealt in

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave dealt in
he, she, ithas dealt in

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill deal in

Phrasal verbs

5 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

1 synonyms

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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