Meaning

3 senses
  1. (transitive)To throw away, to reject.

    verwerfen, abwerfen, ablegen

    отбра́сыватьotbrásyvatʹ, отбро́ситьotbrósitʹ, выбра́сыватьvybrásyvatʹ

    відкидатиvidkydaty, відмовлятисяvidmovljatysja

    throw or cast away

  2. (intransitive)To make a discard; to throw out a card.

  3. To dismiss from employment, confidence, or favour; to discharge.

Examples

45 sentences
  1. I'll discard my old jacket.

  2. His plan was discarded.

    Його план було відхилено. — deniko

    ruЕго план был отвергнут. — marafon

    deSein Plan wurde verworfen. — Wolf

  3. He was looking for discarded antlers.

  4. It was discarded because it rotted.

  5. Choose which card you want to discard.

Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to throw away, reject:
Русский
By meaning 1
to throw away, reject:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
to throw away, reject:
to throw out a playing card:

Origin

From dis- + card. Compare Spanish descartar.

From dis- + card. Compare Spanish descartar.

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Forms

discards, discarding, discarded, discarded
Base formdiscard · to discard
3rd person singulardiscards
Present participlediscarding
Past simplediscarded
Past participlediscarded

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theydiscard
he, she, itdiscards

Past simpleLesson

all personsdiscarded

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave discarded
he, she, ithas discarded

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill discard

Synonyms

59 synonyms

Word family

5 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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