stakes
10
3.7
- noun
- /steɪks/
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apuesta
- He was nervous about the high stakes of betting all his savings on the game.
- stakes winner
- Belmont Stakes
- Breeders' Cup Stakes
Those details mean that the stakes in this book are high.
- Those details mean that the stakes in this book are high.
- Because the example of poker is easy and the stakes maybe aren't as high.
- And I feel more confident that I can articulate the stakes of it to anybody.
- But again, big game, big stakes, Sacca said.
- What is what were the stakes in that case?
- But here's the thing, the stakes still aren't there.
- It feels like just the stakes keep getting higher.
- It means they're world class stakes setters of those games.
- And the stakes are there for two reasons.
- I think you have experienced deeply emotional, high stakes things.
- Even my failures, the stakes are so low.
Examples
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And so it's a very fascinating time and the stakes are extremely high.
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Oh, stakes, The stakes, the stakes of this game were high.
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Not to mention the stakes are so high.
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Every situation that we go into, the stakes are higher than they first appear.
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Those details mean that the stakes in this book are high.
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Most of us will never face quite the high stakes of that kind of regret.
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It feels like just the stakes keep getting higher.
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You can't do that with stakes that are too high.
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In the poker game, the stakes were raised to attract more players.
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When competing in the championship, the stakes involved winning a large cash prize.
Synonyms
665
1.4
Money that you risk on the result of an event
204
4.7
Money risked on a bet or game
73
4.6
An amount of money risked on the result of a game or event
49
4.2
The total money bet by all players for the winner to take
Compounds
3
6.5
Annual horse race in Elmont, New York, for three-year-old horses and the final US Triple Crown race
A situation that has big risks and serious results for the people involved, like a trial or business deal
How Much
4
5.5
10
3.7
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Stakes comes from the old word stake, a 'piece of wood' like a stick that people used as a marker or a pledge when they made a bet. So the modern stakes are what you put 'on the line' or risk losing in a game, contest, or bet.