[{"word":"wildcards","phonetics":[],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"In card games, a card that can be assigned any value or used to substitute for any needed card.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"A competitor or team that is allowed to compete in a tournament despite not reaching the normal standards to qualify for inclusion.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Kye Sun-Hui won an Olympic gold medal in Judo, despite being a wild card."},{"definition":"A character that substitutes for other characters in regular expressions and globbing","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"A character that takes the place of any other character or string that is not known or specified.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"If the character * is acting as a wildcard, then the pattern a*m matches each of the words amalgam, atom and alum."},{"definition":"(also written wild card) An uncontrolled or unpredictable element.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"(also written wild card) An element, often deliberately concealed, which is withheld for contingency.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/wild%20card","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/wildcard","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/wildcards"]}]