Used in a Sentence

deck

How to use deck in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for deck.

Editorial note

"reads like Broder was trying to stack the deck"I disagree.

Examples14
Definitions7
Parts of speech2

Quick take

any of various platforms built into a vessel

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of deck gathered in one view.

noun

any of various platforms built into a vessel

noun

street name for a packet of illegal drugs

noun

a pack of 52 playing cards

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for deck.

noun

any of various platforms built into a vessel

noun

street name for a packet of illegal drugs

noun

a pack of 52 playing cards

noun

a porch that resembles the deck on a ship

verb

decorate; "deck the halls with holly"

verb

knock down with force; "He decked his opponent"

Example sentences

1

"reads like Broder was trying to stack the deck"I disagree.

2

But let me be clear that this deck is good, and raises a lot of valid concerns.

3

The first pitch deck they put together for investors was mediocre.

4

[0]Finally, as noted the game stacks the deck against reality.

5

This deck was clearly intended to augment a presentation -- where is that archived?

6

Is there a time of year that it's all hands on deck and we're pulling all-nighters, or is it pretty consistent throughout the year?

7

And they threw the cargo into the sea to lighten the ship.\nBut Jonah had gone below deck, where he lay down and fell into a deep sleep.

8

It was for an audience of 4 other people who knew less about zsh than me. I can't believe someone posted it to HN!That explains the "this slide deck is getting traffic" email I got from Slideshare this morning.

9

Even if individuals do, even if YOU do, it doesn't matter one bit unless we're treating it as an all-hands-on-deck emergency.

10

I hate asking to be spoon-fed, but I find it exceptionally difficult to glean anything from context-free slide decks posted to SlideShare.

11

That implements Erlang-like mailboxes and network clustering, and I've got a supervisor tree implementation on deck for Github too.

12

In our fundraising deck, we had our total addressable market at something like $100M, which was ridiculous considering our vision was just airbeds.

13

This story made it 1/3rd up the front page; stories based on the most extreme possible interpretation of what seems to be Greenwald's own extreme interpretation of a slide deck covered the entire front page for days.

14

The way I memorize is to associate every card with an object and its corresponding action, and memorizing the deck of cards is a matter of creating a sequence of events that corresponds to the sequence of cards.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use deck in a sentence?

"reads like Broder was trying to stack the deck"I disagree.

What does deck mean?

any of various platforms built into a vessel

What part of speech is deck?

deck is commonly used as noun, verb.