- a playing card with a large single symbol on it, which has either the highest or the lowest value in a particular card game
- the ace of spades/hearts/diamonds/clubs
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- fighter
- flying
- goal
- …
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- (informal) a person who is very good at doing something
- a soccer/flying ace
- an ace marksman
- French ace Mbappé scored a late penalty.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- fighter
- flying
- goal
- …
- (in tennis ) a serve (= the first hit) that is so good that your opponent cannot reach the ball
- He served 20 aces in the match.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- fighter
- flying
- goal
- …
- (in golf) an occasion when a player hits the ball from the tee into the hole using only one shot synonym hole-in-oneTopics Sports: ball and racket sportsc2
Word OriginMiddle English (denoting the “one” on dice): via Old French from Latin as ‘unity, a unit’.
Idioms
See ace in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionaryan ace up your sleeve (British English)
(North American English an ace in the hole)
- (informal) a secret advantage, for example a piece of information or a skill, that you are ready to use if you need to
hold all the aces
- to have all the advantages in a situation
- The union soon realized that the management held all the aces.
play your ace
- to use your best argument, etc. in order to get an advantage in a situationTopics Opinion and argumentc2
within an ace of something/of doing something
- (British English) very close to something
- We came within an ace of victory.
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