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BET (betted, betting)
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, betting Dictionary entry overview: What does bet mean?
• BET (noun)
The noun BET has 2 senses:
1. the money risked on a gamble
2. the act of gambling
Familiarity information: BET used as a noun is rare.
• BET (verb)
The verb BET has 3 senses:
1. maintain with or as if with a bet
2. stake on the outcome of an issue
3. have faith or confidence in
Familiarity information: BET used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The money risked on a gamble
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Synonyms:
Hypernyms ("bet" is a kind of...):
gamble (money that is risked for possible monetary gain)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bet"):
jackpot; kitty; pot (the cumulative amount involved in a game (such as poker))
ante ((poker) the initial contribution that each player makes to the pot)
kitty; pool (the combined stakes of the betters)
Holonyms ("bet" is a part of...):
pool (any communal combination of funds)
Derivation:
bet (stake on the outcome of an issue)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The act of gambling
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
bet; wager
Context example:
he did it on a bet
Hypernyms ("bet" is a kind of...):
gambling; gaming; play (the act of playing for stakes in the hope of winning (including the payment of a price for a chance to win a prize))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bet"):
daily double (a single bet on two horse races in the same day)
exacta; perfecta (a bet that you can pick the first and second finishers in the right order)
parimutuel (betting where winners share the total amount wagered)
parlay (a series of wagers in which the winnings from one wager are used as a stake for the subsequent wagers)
place bet (a bet that a horse will finish a race no worse than second)
superfecta (a bet that you can pick the first four finishers in a race in the right order)
Derivation:
bet (stake on the outcome of an issue)
| Conjugation: |
... he / she / it bets Past simple: bet
/ betted Past participle: bet
/ betted -ing form: betting
Sense 1
Meaning:
Maintain with or as if with a bet
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
bet; wager
Context example:
I bet she will be there!
Hypernyms (to "bet" is one way to...):
anticipate; call; forebode; foretell; predict; prognosticate; promise (make a prediction about; tell in advance)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Also:
bet on (place a bet on)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Stake on the outcome of an issue
Classified under:
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
Synonyms:
Context example:
She played all her money on the dark horse
Hypernyms (to "bet" is one way to...):
gamble (play games for money)
Verb group:
play (make bets)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "bet"):
back; bet on; gage; game; punt; stake (place a bet on)
play (make bets)
raise (bet more than the previous player)
see (match or meet)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
They bet the money
Derivation:
bet (the act of gambling)
bet (the money risked on a gamble)
better; bettor (someone who bets)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Have faith or confidence in
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
bank; bet; calculate; count; depend; look; reckon; rely; swear
Context example:
Depend on your family in times of crisis
Hypernyms (to "bet" is one way to...):
trust (have confidence or faith in)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Context examples
I think one of last things we would have come up with is, 'I bet it will make our food less nutritious,' he said.
(Planet-Warming Gases Make Some Food Less Nutritious, Study Says, Steve Baragona/VOA)
I am betting you are about to hear that you have scored a professional victory at this time.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
Many people enjoy gambling, whether it's betting on a horse or playing poker on the Internet.
(Compulsive Gambling, NIH: Natonal Institutes of Health)
The role of IL-12 in Th1 differentiation may not be to induce the Th1 cell fate, but to stimulate growth of cells determined for the Th1 cell fate by the T-bet transcription factor.
(IL12 Signaling Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)
I bet him that my bag would weigh more than his.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
"I'll bet he's got dyspepsia right now!" Martin challenged.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
“That’s a suggestion,” he added, in an aside to me. “I’ll bet you a month’s pay he acts upon it.”
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
Nobody bet on other cards. Other cards all gone. Everybody one mind. Everybody play king to lose, seven to win.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
You'd have betted a hundred pound to five, now, that you wouldn't have seen me here, wouldn't you?
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
"You just bet I did," was the fervent reply.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
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