dance card

noun

Definition of dance card

1 : a card listing partners for scheduled dances

2 : a calendar of engagements

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To help make sense of the evolving landscape, here's a roundup of local companies — some new and some veteran — that should be on your dance card. — Laura Bleiberg, latimes.com, "The guide to dance in L.A.: 12 standout companies to know and how to see them," 10 May 2018 Indeed, Adams’s dance card is full for the foreseeable future. — Nicole Sperling, HWD, "Amy Adams’s Dark New Project Could Be the Next Gone Girl," 27 Apr. 2018 Having a full dance card isn’t necessarily a sweet thing at a Utah elementary school after a parent has raised concerns about a rule that no child can reject another student’s invitation to dance at a Valentine’s Day party. — Cathy Free, PEOPLE.com, "Utah Mom Complains After Elementary School Tells Kids They 'Can't Say No' When Asked to Dance," 13 Feb. 2018 USA TODAY First lady Barbara Bush kept a full dance card. — Byron Mccauley, Cincinnati.com, "Barbara Bush: That time we spent Mother's Day with the first lady," 17 Apr. 2018 Two of the first stops on his dance card: Don Jr. will headline an event for Greg Pence, the vice president’s brother who’s running for U.S. House in Indiana. — Fox News, "Lamb is officially official," 2 Apr. 2018 GoLearnTo wants to fill your dance card with group trips that combine learning Spanish with some moves. — Diane Daniel, chicagotribune.com, "Active itineraries: More vacation packages combine travel and fitness," 23 Mar. 2018 It was staged at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas, which has been on the Formula 1 dance card since 2012. — Rich Ceppos, Car and Driver, "2018 Alfa Romeo Stelvio Quadrifoglio," 3 Mar. 2018 If coaching icon Calipari doesn't make it, the odds-on favorite for Player of the Year Oklahoma's Trae Young, might not have a dance card, either. — Elton Alexander, cleveland.com, "Akron-Kent State battle for survival, not a title: MAC Basketball 2018," 16 Feb. 2018

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dance card

noun

English Language Learners Definition of dance card

: a card on which you write the names of people you are going to dance with at a social event

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