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ANTE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ante mean? 

ANTE (noun)
  The noun ANTE has 1 sense:

1. (poker) the initial contribution that each player makes to the potplay

  Familiarity information: ANTE used as a noun is very rare.


ANTE (verb)
  The verb ANTE has 1 sense:

1. place one's stakeplay

  Familiarity information: ANTE used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ANTE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

(poker) the initial contribution that each player makes to the pot

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Hypernyms ("ante" is a kind of...):

bet; stake; stakes; wager (the money risked on a gamble)

Domain category:

poker; poker game (any of various card games in which players bet that they hold the highest-ranking hand)

Derivation:

ante (place one's stake)


ANTE (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they ante  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it antes  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: anted  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: anted  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: anting  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Place one's stake

Classified under:

Verbs of fighting, athletic activities

Hypernyms (to "ante" is one way to...):

back; bet on; gage; game; punt; stake (place a bet on)

Domain category:

card game; cards (a game played with playing cards)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

ante ((poker) the initial contribution that each player makes to the pot)


 Context examples 


From the entrance-hall, of which Mr. Collins pointed out, with a rapturous air, the fine proportion and the finished ornaments, they followed the servants through an ante-chamber, to the room where Lady Catherine, her daughter, and Mrs. Jenkinson were sitting.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)



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