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- DictionaryAn·te/ˈan(t)ē/
noun
- 1. a stake put up by a player in poker and similar games before receiving cards: "the antes were at the $10,000–$20,000 level"
verb
- 1. put up an amount as an ante in poker and similar games.
1. : a poker stake usually put up before the deal to build the pot. The dealer called for a dollar ante. 2. a. : cost, price. These improvements would raise the ante. b. : risk, stakes. The new law ups the ante on tax cheats. c. : a level (as of achievement or intensity) regarded especially as a goal or standard.
a sum of money representing a person's share, as in a syndicate. up the anteinformal. to increase the costs, risks, or considerations involved in taking an action or reaching a conclusion. whenever they reached their goal, they upped the ante by setting more complex challenges for themselves.
an amount of money that each person must risk in order to be part of a game: a $30 ante. up the ante (also raise the ante) to increase your demands or the risks in a situation: The question for both sides is how far to up the ante.
an amount of money that each person must risk in order to be part of a game: a $30 ante. up the ante (also raise the ante) to increase your demands or the risks in a situation: The question for both sides is how far to up the ante.
There's " ante up" and then there's "up the ante " — both idioms that have seeped out of the poker world into everyday speech. The former means to pay up; the latter means to raise the stakes or make something either more risky or more desirable.
3 days ago · ante in British English. (ˈæntɪ ) noun. 1. the gaming stake put up before the deal in poker by the players. 2. informal. a sum of money representing a person's share, as in a syndicate. 3. See up the ante.
A complete guide to the word "ANTE": definitions, pronunciations, synonyms, grammar insights, collocations, examples, and translations.
ante. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English an‧te1 /ˈænti/ noun → up/raise the ante → penny ante Examples from the Corpus ante • What they are now doing is compromising, in this half-baked manner, by raising the ante to 70. • Creating an economic asset in the form of a parental dividend would obviously up the ante in these ...
Definition of ante noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Ante definition: . See examples of ANTE used in a sentence.
