Betekenis van wild card In het Nederlands

• 0 a playing card that does not have any particular value but that can be used to represent any other card:

  • The joker is a wild card that substitutes for any other card to complete a winning hand.

• 1 in computers, a symbol that has no particular meaning of its own so that its space can be filled by any real character that is necessary:

  • The wild cards are represented here by asterisks.

• 2 someone who is allowed to take part in a competition, even though they have not achieved this in the usual way, for example by winning games:

  • Phillips is hoping for a wild card entry to the championships.

• 3 someone or something whose behaviour is sometimes unexpected:

  • The wild card in this election is the Green Party - no one knows exactly how much support they will get.

• 4 (in some card games) a card that can be used instead of any other:

  • fig. Undecided voters are this election’s wild card.

• 5 (in sports) an extra opportunity to qualify for a championship competition

• 6 someone or something whose behaviour or effect is uncertain:

  • US consumer confidence remains the wild card in the unpredictable economic climate.

• 7 a symbol used in computer programs to represent any number or letter:

  • The wild cards in this string are represented by asterisks.