Meaning

2 senses
  1. To pay the ante in poker. Often used as ante up.

    делать ставкуdelatʹ stavku

    роби́ти ста́вкуrobýty stávku

  2. To make an investment in money, effort, or time before knowing one's chances.

More definitions
  • place one's stake

Examples

1 sentences
  1. Gauge queens constantly up the ante in order to assert their commitment to a counter cultural look.

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Translations

3 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
To pay the ante in poker:
Русский
By meaning 1
To pay the ante in poker:

Origin

Learned borrowing from Latin ante (“before”). Doublet of and.

Learned borrowing from Latin ante (“before”). Doublet of and.

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Forms

antes, anteing, anted, anted
Base formante · to ante
3rd person singularantes
Present participleanteing
Past simpleanted / anteed
Past participleanted / anteed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyante
he, she, itantes

Past simpleLesson

all personsanted

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave anted
he, she, ithas anted

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill ante

Phrasal verbs

2 phrasal verbs

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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