An ace is a playing card. In the standard French deck, an ace has a single suit symbol (a heart, diamond, spade, or club) located in the middle of the card, sometimes large and decorated, especially in the case of the Ace of Spades. This embellishment on the Ace of Spades started when King James VI of Scotland and I of England required an insignia of the printing house to be printed on the Ace of Spades. This insignia was necessary for identifying the printing house and stamping it as having paid the new stamp tax. Although this requirement was abolished in 1960, the tradition has been kept by many card makers. In other countries the stamp and embellishments are usually found on ace cards; clubs in France, diamonds in Russia, and hearts in Genoa because they have the most blank space.
The word "ace" comes from the Old French word as (from Latin 'as') meaning 'a unit', from the name of a small Roman coin. It originally meant the side of a die with only one mark, before it was a term for a playing card. Since this was the lowest roll of the die, it traditionally meant 'bad luck' in Middle English, but as the ace is often the highest playing card, its meaning has since changed to mean 'high-quality, excellence'. This connotation has seen the word applied to an unreachable tennis serve, a successful fighter pilot and more generally as a person proficient in his or her field, especially a sporting field.
An ace is a playing card.
Ace, Aces, ACE or ACES may also refer to:
Ace is the debut studio album by the Belgian dance music act known as Ian Van Dahl, released in 2002. The album contains four songs that reached the top 20 of the UK singles chart: "Will I?" (#5); "Reason" (#8); "Try" (#15); and their biggest hit single, "Castles in the Sky", which reached #3 and spent seven weeks in the top 10 in the summer of 2001. This last song also reached the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the U.S., where it peaked at #91. The album itself peaked at #7 in the UK, where it achieved Gold status after only four weeks. The album title was inspired by taking the first letters of the names of each member of the act; Annemie, Christophe and Eric.
We're just two people
And we share this special part of
A love that's deep inside
And no one else will know of
Who knew we'd stay together
Boy where is your heart from?
Always here for me
Is that how you show me your love?
Told me to never cry
You hold and keep me tight
You keep me safe at night
Always here by my side
I'll always love you so
But boy you'll never know
The feelings that reside
You know I'll never say
Love, this is what was meant to be
And this is what we've come to realize
Baby I will always see
The fire burning in your eyes
Ooh baby boy it's destiny
That we met together in this life
You will always have me
Together for All Time
You're just a part of me
That I can't take control of
Lying next to me to protect me with
Your love
You're like an angel and
Baby I'm your halo
For me and you the sky's the limit
And you know
Told me to never cry
You hold and keep me tight
You keep me safe at night
Always here by my side
I'll always love you so
But boy you'll never know
The feelings that reside
You know I'll never say
My heart
Your love
Together baby
We can break records cause
This time
You'll see
There's nothing that can
Separate us, no
Love, this is what was meant to be
And this is what we've come to realize
Baby I will always see
The fire burning in your eyes
Ooh baby boy it's destiny
That we met together in this life
You will always have me
Together for All Time