trumps

v. to be better, stronger, or more important than something else.

v. to surpass or outrank another factor in importance, power, or influence. Transitive — requires a direct object.

“In this emergency, safety trumps the need to save money.”

“The legal team argued that the right to privacy trumps the public's curiosity in this specific instance.”

v. to play a special card that beats all other cards in a game.

v. to play a card from the trump suit to win a trick, especially when another suit was led.

“She trumps his ace with a low spade to win the round.”

“The player strategically trumps the lead card, securing the final trick needed to win the tournament.”

n. the suit in a card game that is chosen to be higher than all others.

n. the suit in a trick-taking game that outranks all other suits for the duration of a hand. Often used in the plural 'trumps' in British English.

“Hearts are trumps in this round, so be careful with your high cards.”

“After the dealer turned over the king of clubs, it was established that clubs would be trumps for the remainder of the game.”

n. the special set of cards in a tarot deck that show pictures like 'The Sun' or 'Death'.

n. the twenty-two major arcana cards in a tarot deck, distinguished from the minor arcana.

“The fortune teller laid out three trumps from the tarot deck.”

“The scholar examined the iconography of the early Italian trumps to trace the evolution of the modern tarot deck.”

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