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Meaning of Discard | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
dɪsˈkɑːd

Definitions

  1. Anything discarded.
  2. A discarded playing card in a card game.
  3. A temporary variable used to receive a value of no importance and unable to be read later.

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Examples

“Discards can be used with out parameters, with tuples, with pattern matching (Chapters 6 and 8), or even as stand-alone variables.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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