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Definition: Meaning of, stake in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / steɪk /

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stake stakes
  1. at stake if something that you value very much is at stake, you will lose it if a plan or action is not successful
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  2. company/business [countable] if you have a stake in a business, you have INVEST ed money in it
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  3. have a stake in something if you have a stake in something, you will get advantages if it is successful, and you feel that you have an important connection with it
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  4. money risked [countable] money that you risk as the result of a horse race, card game etc
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  5. high stakes if the stakes are high when you are trying to do something, you risk losing a lot or it will be dangerous if you fail
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  6. high stakes if the stakes are high when you are doing something such as playing a card game, you risk losing a lot of money
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  7. pointed stick [countable] a pointed piece of wood, metal etc, especially one that is pushed into the ground to support something or mark a particular place
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  8. the stake a post to which a person was tied in former times before being killed by burning
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  9. in the popularity/fashion etc stakes used when saying how popular, fashionable etc someone or something is
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  10. (be prepared to) go to the stake for/over something British English to be willing to do anything to protect or defend an idea, or belief
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  11. pull up stakes British English informal to leave your job or home
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Prsesent Past Past Participle
stake staked staked
Present Participle Third Person Singular
staking stakes
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  1. to risk losing something that is valuable or important to you on the result of something
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  2. I'd stake my life on it spoken used when saying that you are completely sure that something is true, or that something will happen
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  3. also stake up to support something with stakes
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  4. also stake off to mark or enclose an area of ground with stakes
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  5. stake (out) a claim to say publicly that you think you have a right to have or own something
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stake used in phrases

  • at stake (adverb)
    1. in question or at issue
    2. to be won or lost; at risk
  • burning at the stake (noun)
    1. execution by fire
  • stake driver (noun)
    1. a kind of bittern
  • stake race (noun)
    1. a horse race in which part of the prize is put up by the owners of the horses in the race
  • stewing stake (noun)
    1. tough meat that needs stewing to be edible
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stake used in phrasal verbs

  • stake out (phrasal verb)
    1. stake out something to explain your opinion clearly and defend it in a determined way
    2. to wait outside a building and watch it, especially because something exciting or illegal is happening
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