Meaning

3 senses

  1. A bet or wager.

    I had a gamble on the horses last weekend.

  2. A significant risk, undertaken with a potential gain.

    Glücksspiel, Hazardspiel

    аза́ртная игра́azártnaja igrá, авантю́раavantjúra

  3. A risky venture.

    The sailors had taken many gambles with the sea and always won.

    Glücksspiel

    авантю́раavantjúra

    a risky act or venture

Examples

245 sentences

  1. Why do some people like to gamble?

    Чому декому подобається грати в азартні ігри? — deniko

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  2. Tom gambled away a fortune in one night.

    Том програв ціле багатство за одну ніч. — ChickenKiev

    ruТом проиграл целое состояние за один вечер. — marafon

    deTom hat in einer Nacht ein Vermögen verspielt. — Malkuth

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  3. I don't like gambling.

    Я не люблю азартні ігри. — deniko

    ruЯ не люблю азартные игры. — odexed

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  4. I'll stop gambling.

    Я перестану грати в азартні ігри. — deniko

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  5. You must stop gambling.

    Ти мусиш перестати грати в азартні ігри. — deniko

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Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
a risk undertaken with a potential gain:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
a risk undertaken with a potential gain:

Origin

From earlier gamel, from Middle English *gamlen, *gamelen, variant of Middle English gamen

From earlier gamel, from Middle English *gamlen, *gamelen, variant of Middle English gamenen, from Old English gæmnian, gamnian, gamenian (“to joke; play”), related to Old English gamen (“joy; mirth; pleasure; entertainment; pastime; sport; game”), equivalent to game + -le. Compare Old Danish gammel, Middle High German gamel (“pleasure; fun”). More at game.

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Forms

plural: gambles
Singulargamble
Pluralgambles

regular

Word family

1 related words
Derivedgamble-play

Collocations

7 patterns
  • gamble paid off
  • money gambling
  • gamble paid
  • like to gamble
  • gambled away
  • gamble anymore
  • like gambling

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
galoregalvanizegamagamblergameA1

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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