gamble
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3.5
- noun
- /ˈɡæmbl/
:
apuesta
- That's a big gamble with a $30 million plane.
- taking a gamble
- the gamble paid off
- lose the gamble
The I don't think we should take the gamble basically.
- The I don't think we should take the gamble basically.
- But keep in mind, just in case is always a gamble on more than one thing.
- It's a real gamble to shut yourself up inside of yourself.
- Modernity seems to be a kind of gamble.
- So you accept accept the gamble and that doesn't depend on the initial wealth.
- Someone who's less risk avert for sure, because there are certain gambles along the way.
- You know, Mexican food is always such a gamble.
- And the one day wager is the greatest gamble you can make for your life because it wastes years.
- So, for example, and options, people think options as in financial options are gambles.
- It's such a not a gamble because you work your butt off to get it.
Examples
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For all concerned, this is a high-stakes political gamble based on hunches and promises rather than on credible evidence.
Academic text (2001) -
We have spent more than two billion dollars on the greatest scientific gamble in history, and we have won.
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Imagine that I offered you this gamble on the screen.
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So it's worth the gamble to find a good independent coffee shop.
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Are the stakes low enough that a gamble makes sense?
Academic text (2016) -
I thought it was a gamble you'd be willing to take.
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Of course, it was a gamble, but life is full of gambles.
Fiction book (1992) -
These were all high-risk gambles.
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It's a desperate gamble to buy us time to refit and retrain.
Fiction book (1992) -
Making an investment in a startup can be a risky gamble that may or may not pay off.
Synonyms
∞
1.9
A chance that something bad may happen
665
1.4
Money that you risk on the result of an event
271
5.1
A business or project that involves risk and possible loss
73
4.6
An amount of money risked on the result of a game or event
7
9.1
A risky situation where the result depends mostly on luck
1
4.6
An activity or plan that may fail and cause a big loss
1
9.5
An uncertain situation whose result depends on chance
A choice with an uncertain result that may be risky
A decision that depends mostly on chance
Antonyms
Idioms
How Risky
- Informal
14
8.2
- Informal
58
4.6
65
3.5
271
5.1
47
4.6
Surface Forms
Etymology
Gamble originally meant a risky game, from an old word for game meaning 'play'. That idea widened, so a gamble can mean any risky act with an uncertain outcome.