cardinal
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ˈkɑr
kaar
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/kˈɑːdÉĒnə‍l/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "cardinal"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻ•āĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĄāĻŋāύāĻžāϞ, āϞāĻžāϞ āĻĒāĻžāĻ–āĻŋ

a North American songbird with a red beak, the male of which has bright red plumage
cardinal definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
In winter, the cardinal's red feathers stand out against the snow.
āĻļā§€āϤ⧇, āĻ•āĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĄāĻŋāύāĻžāϞ-āĻāϰ āϞāĻžāϞ āĻĒāĻžāϞāĻ• āϤ⧁āώāĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāϰ⧀āϤ⧇ āĻĻāĻžāρāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ•āĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĄāĻŋāύāĻžāϞ, āĻ•āĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĄāĻŋāύāĻžāϞ āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž

(mathematics) the number of elements or members in a set, representing its size or quantity
cardinal definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
To find the cardinal, count the elements in the set.
āĻ•āĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĄāĻŋāύāĻžāϞ āϖ⧁āρāĻœā§‡ āĻĒ⧇āϤ⧇, āϏ⧇āĻŸā§‡ āωāĻĒāĻžāĻĻāĻžāύāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻ—āĻŖāύāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧁āύāĨ¤
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āĻ•āĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĄāĻŋāύāĻžāϞ, āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύ āϧāĻ°ā§āĻŽāϝāĻžāϜāĻ•

(in the Roman Catholic Church) one of a group of senior clergy who advise the Pope and elect his successor
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Each cardinal wears a red hat symbolizing loyalty and sacrifice.
āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āĻ•āĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĄāĻŋāύāĻžāϞ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϞāĻžāϞ āϟ⧁āĻĒāĻŋ āĻĒāϰ⧇āύ āϝāĻž āφāύ⧁āĻ—āĻ¤ā§āϝ āĻ“ āĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāϗ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤ⧀āĻ•āĨ¤
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āĻ•āĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĄāĻŋāύāĻžāϞ āϞāĻžāϞ, āĻ•āĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĄāĻŋāύāĻžāϞ āϰāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻŽ

a vivid shade of red, often resembling the color of a cardinal's feathers
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The flag featured bold stripes of white and cardinal.
āĻĒāϤāĻžāĻ•āĻžāϟāĻŋāϤ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻĻāĻž āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ•āĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĄāĻŋāύāĻžāϞ āϰāϙ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻšāϏ⧀ āĻĄā§‹āϰāĻžāĻ•āĻžāϟāĻž āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻ•āĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĄāĻŋāύāĻžāϞ, āĻ•āĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĄāĻŋāύāĻžāϞ āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž

(grammar) a part of speech that is used in counting or showing a quantity
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The teacher explained the difference between cardinals and ordinals.
āĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāĻ• āĻŽā§ŒāϞāĻŋāĻ• āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽāĻŦāĻžāϚāĻ• āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻžāϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻ•ā§āϝ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύ, āĻŽā§ŒāϞāĻŋāĻ•

possessing the quality of being the most important or basic part of something
Approving
Formal
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The cardinal rule of the club is to respect all members, as it forms the foundation of their community.
āĻ•ā§āϞāĻžāĻŦ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻŽ āĻšāϞ āϏāĻ•āϞ āϏāĻĻāĻ¸ā§āϝāϕ⧇ āϏāĻŽā§āĻŽāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ•āĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻāϟāĻŋ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§āϰāĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āĻ­āĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻ—āĻ āύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ•āĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĄāĻŋāύāĻžāϞ, āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻžāĻ—āϤ

relating to numbers that express how many of something there are as opposed to ordinal numbers, which express position
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The teacher asked students to identify the cardinal values in each equation.
āĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāĻ• āĻ›āĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āϏāĻŽā§€āĻ•āϰāϪ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĄāĻŋāύāĻžāϞ āĻŽāĻžāύāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āϚāĻŋāĻšā§āύāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻŦāϞ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤

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