stake-out

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [steyk out]
- /steɪk aʊt/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [steyk out]
- /steɪk aʊt/

Definitions of stake-out word

noun stake-out a stick or post pointed at one end for driving into the ground as a boundary mark, part of a fence, support for a plant, etc. 1
noun stake-out a post to which a person is bound for execution, usually by burning. 1
noun stake-out the stake, the punishment of death by burning: Joan of Arc was sentenced to the stake. 1
noun stake-out one of a number of vertical posts fitting into sockets or staples on the edge of the platform of a truck or other vehicle, as to retain the load. 1
noun stake-out Mormon Church. a division of ecclesiastical territory, consisting of a number of wards presided over by a president and two counselors. 1
noun stake-out sett (def 2). 1

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Origin of stake-out

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-out

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Stake-out

stake-out 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".