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- [steyk]
- /steɪk/
- /steɪk/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [steyk]
- /steɪk/
Definitions of stake word
- noun stake something that is wagered in a game, race, or contest. 1
- noun stake a monetary or commercial interest, investment, share, or involvement in something, as in hope of gain: I have a big stake in the success of the firm. 1
- noun stake a personal or emotional concern, interest, involvement, or share: Parents have a big stake in their children's happiness. 1
- noun stake the funds with which a gambler operates. 1
- noun stake Often, stakes. a prize, reward, increase in status, etc., in or as if in a contest. 1
- noun stake stakes, Poker. the cash values assigned to the various colored chips, various bets, and raises: Our stakes are 5, 10, and 25 cents: you can bet out 10 cents on a pair and reraise twice at 25 cents. 1
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Origin of stake
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; (noun) Middle English; Old English staca pin; cognate with Dutch staak, German Stake, Old Norse -staki (in lȳsistaki candlestick); akin to stick1; (v.) Middle English staken to mark (land) with stakes, derivative of the noun
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Parts of speech for Stake
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
stake popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
stake usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for stake
noun stake
- adjustment — An adjustment is a small change that is made to something such as a machine or a way of doing something.
- ante — the gaming stake put up before the deal in poker by the players
- ballgame — any game played with a ball
- big idea — any plan or proposal that is grandiose, impractical, and usually unsolicited: You're always coming around here with your big ideas.
- biggie — People sometimes refer to something or someone successful, well-known, or big as a biggie.
verb stake
- adventuring — the act of doing adventurous things or having adventures
- allying — to unite formally, as by treaty, league, marriage, or the like (usually followed by with or to): Russia allied itself to France.
- angeled — one of a class of spiritual beings; a celestial attendant of God. In medieval angelology, angels constituted the lowest of the nine celestial orders (seraphim, cherubim, thrones, dominations or dominions, virtues, powers, principalities or princedoms, archangels, and angels).
- angeling — one of a class of spiritual beings; a celestial attendant of God. In medieval angelology, angels constituted the lowest of the nine celestial orders (seraphim, cherubim, thrones, dominations or dominions, virtues, powers, principalities or princedoms, archangels, and angels).
- back — If you move back, you move in the opposite direction to the one in which you are facing or in which you were moving before.
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