cardinal

Meaning

Adj

1. Of fundamental importance; crucial, pivotal.
2. Of or relating to the cardinal directions (north, south, east and west).
3. Describing a “natural” number used to indicate quantity (e.g., zero, one, two, three), as opposed to an ordinal number indicating relative position.
4. Having a bright red color (from the color of a Catholic cardinal’s cassock).
5. Being one of the signs Aries, Cancer, Libra and Capricorn, associated with initiation, creation, and force.

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) One of the officials appointed by the pope in the Roman Catholic Church, ranking only below the pope, equal to the patriarchs, constituting the special college which elects the pope.
2. (countable, uncountable) Any of various species of New-World passerine songbird in the genus Cardinalis, or in the family Cardinalidae more generally, or of similar appearance and once considered to be related to the former; so called because of their red plumage. (See Wikipedia article for taxonomical information.)
3. (countable, uncountable) A deep red color, somewhat less vivid than scarlet, the traditional colour of a Catholic cardinal's cassock. (same as cardinal red)
4. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable) Ellipsis of cardinal number, a number indicating quantity, or the size of a set (e.g., 0, 1, 2, 3). (See Cardinal_number.)
5. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable) Ellipsis of cardinal numeral, a word used to represent a cardinal number.
6. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable) Ellipsis of cardinal flower (Lobelia cardinalis), a flowering plant.
7. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable) Ellipsis of cardinal tetra (Paracheirodon axelrodi), a freshwater fish.
8. (countable, historical, uncountable) A woman's short cloak with a hood, originally made of scarlet cloth.
9. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) Mulled red wine.

Synonyms

fundamental

redbird

main

chief

primary

basic

cardinal number

principal

cardinal grosbeak

primal

Richmondena Cardinalis

pivotal

carmine

central

pope

prelate

important

key

🔑

bishop

major

Mediterranean fritillary

Cardinalis cardinalis

basal

northern cardinal

capital

crucial

dominant

elementary

essential

fiducial

grassroots

leading

master

momentous

no-frills

pontiff

proper

rudimentary

run-of-the-mill

scarlet

two

underlying

vanilla

working

Northern Cardinal

Translations

cardinal

cardinale

cardeal

Kardinal

cardenal

kardinaal

cardinal

καρδινάλιος

grundsätzlich

cardinal

rouge cardinal

cardinal

principale

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkɑː.dɪ.nəl/

Etymology

From Middle French cardinal, from Latin cardinālis (“pertaining to a hinge, hence applied to that on which something turns or depends, important, principal, chief”), from cardin-, cardō (“hinge”) + -ālis, adjectival suffix.

Sentences

Suppose the agents have cardinal utility functions on items .