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stake Noun

— A stick or rod with a sharp point. A stake is usually hammered into the ground. Often, the stake is tied to rope to connect something (like a tent) to the ground. We used four stakes to hold down our tent. It is said a stake though the heart will kill a vampire. The heretic was burned at the stake. (He was tied to very large stake (a pole) to be burned to death.) — If you have a stake in something it is important to you. Usually, this means it will affect you in some way, so you have a good reason to be interested. I had a personal stake in hunger relief, since family had no food. We all have a stake in finding peace. Our company has a big stake in the findings, since we spent a lot of money on the research.

stake Verb

— To put a stake into something. Most often, you would put the stake in the ground, but it could be put in something else.

stake

— noun (= interest) (law) a right or legal share of something; a financial involvement with something they have interests all over the world a stake in the company's future — verb put at risk I will stake my good reputation for this — verb (= bet on, back) place a bet on Which horse are you backing? I'm betting on the new horse — verb mark with a stake stake out the path — noun instrument of execution consisting of a vertical post that a victim is tied to for burning — noun (= post) a pole or stake set up to mark something (as the start or end of a race track) a pair of posts marked the goal the corner of the lot was indicated by a stake — noun a strong wooden or metal post with a point at one end so it can be driven into the ground — noun the money risked on a gamble — verb tie or fasten to a stake stake your goat — verb (= impale) kill by piercing with a spear or sharp pole the enemies were impaled and left to die

Synonyms stake synonyms

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stake English » English

post bet wager pole peg picket interest stanchion pale venture pile gamble risk stick stakes staff shaft hazard bar stave spar rod bet on adventure stump standard share prop jeopardize impale handle game back tree tie throw surveying rod strut strap spike ranging pole punt pledge pin pillar piles palisade paling nail lay

Topics stake topics

What do people use stake to talk about?
Social behavior Law Punish

Execute
Work and occupation Finance Have wealth

Own, possess

Conjugation stake conjugation

How do you conjugate stake?

stake · verb

Examples stake examples

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Simple sentences

The future of our company is at stake. We have been heavily in the red for the last couple of years.
I felt that my honor was at stake.
When an average person sends a message in a bottle, it's just a childish fantasy. When Christopher Columbus sends a message in a bottle, the fate of an entire country is at stake.
There is a lot at stake.
There's a lot at stake.
Mary was burned at the stake.
The heretic was burned at the stake.
I know what's at stake.
Life is at stake.
Tom knows what's at stake.
There are lives at stake.
My reputation is at stake.
There was a lot at stake.
We have a substantial stake in the venture.
I won't stake my reputation on it, but I think it's a genuine alien life form.
I have to know what's at stake.
A lot is at stake.
There's too much at stake.

Movie subtitles

I would stake my reputation on it.
You want me to stake it out?
Witches were thought to have signed an unlawful pact with the Devil, and therefore they were burned at the stake.
The stake awaits you.
Everything I said was for fear of the stake.
At the stake.
Our only chance of saving Miss Mina's life. is to find the hiding place of Dracula's living corpse. and to drive a stake through its heart.
I will find your earth box and drive that stake through your heart.
It will help me drive the stake through their hearts.
The only way we can save Eva is by finding the place where the living corpse of the vampire rests and driving a stake through its heart.
It was a good deed, driving a stake through the heart of that poor girl.
Something that I can use to drive a stake through his heart.
I'll never stand in for a queen whose life is at stake.
An iron stake was driven through her heart, nailing her horrid soul to the earth.
My client's freedom and, perhaps, her life are at stake.
Our only chance of saving Miss Mina's life is to find the hiding place of Dracula's living corpse and to drive a stake through its heart.
Get me a piece of stone, anything. It will help me drive the stake through their hearts.
We'll put up some blinds, and stake out a few bullocks tonight.
Better stake out that other bullock. - Okay, Denny.
I've got too much at stake.
It's just because, I mean, he knows what's at stake, and I think he knows the risk that comes with the Kanima.
Say, listen, why don't we make up a pool and stake Nick to that big game?
You'll need a little stake.
I can stake Tommy to selling papers.
Stake out the bus terminal for me, will you?
You're not gonna let him stake his ticket on a heel like that!
One came out once and I clipped him. - Shh! From behind with a fence stake.
Our lives are at stake! Are you gonna let a woman come between us after all we've been through?
After all, I have a lot at stake.
To the stake!
Just avoid the stake, clerk!
The stake!
To the stake, schismatic!

News and current affairs

Second, everyone must recognize their stake in restoring balanced advanced-country growth as much and as soon as possible in order to counter the ongoing shortfall in aggregate demand.
The Chinese have come to realize more clearly that we were not deliberately attempting to isolate them, but that we had a stake in the avoidance of collisions in the Far East that could produce a wider spillover.
But, given the costs of the bankruptcy process, it has never been clear why a business would rather issue high-yield bonds (besides gaming the tax system), or why investors would rather buy them than take an equity stake.
And if the electoral numbers break down right, she could conceivably assemble a collection of regional and left-wing parties and stake a claim to rule India.
Let me stake out more precisely the narrow path that would allow Europe to pass through this minefield.
With so much at stake, it makes sense to place sentinels near every swamp, city, public market, and farmyard on earth.
For, at the most fundamental level, what is at stake in Argentina is not merely the health of the economy, but the quality of its civil society.
So stark are conditions now that the very survival of the nation is at stake.
The very survival of Western civilization is at stake.
Nor is it at all clear to what degree the Iraqis retain a stake in the idea of a united Iraqi state worth fighting for.
At stake is a painful choice for Bush: to lead America into coexistence with what he considers a repugnant Islamic theocracy.
Repressive regimes do not willingly abdicate power and are often abetted by business interests, both foreign and domestic, particularly in countries where resources such as oil and diamonds are at stake.
The world has a lot at stake in China, and China's authorities have a lot on their plate.
China's people have the biggest stake in environmental protection, and so must become the driving force.
With lucrative deals at stake for the big-ticket products that drive the French economy - military hardware, nuclear power plants, and Airbus planes - France has a strong interest in a successful summit in India.
There is a deeper issue at stake.
Since other countries' economies and jobs are also at stake, they owe it to their citizens to press the US to deliver meaningful financial reforms.
The potential candidates have already sought to stake out their positions on key foreign-policy issues, with early Republican frontrunner Jeb Bush, for example, delivering a speech devoted entirely to the topic.
It is up to political leaders - and especially the president - to figure out how to make a compelling case about what is at stake.
Brazil's abundance of energy, food, water, and biodiversity increases its stake in a security environment characterized by rising competition for access to, or control of, natural resources.
As a shaping power with an enormous stake in preserving and extending the openness of the international system, Germany has a special responsibility to help integrate new global powers into that system.
After all, it is their money which is at stake.
There is simply too much at stake.
From the regime's point of view, the legacy of the 1979 Islamic revolution is at stake.
What is at stake is the future of a region critical to Eurasia's peace.
The policy of never negotiating with terrorists cannot be scaled up to state level when hundreds of thousands of lives are at stake.
The answer is simple: where the interests of a UN Security Council member or one of their clients are at stake, the court's jurisdiction ends.
Two recent events demonstrate what is at stake.
At stake is not only assistance, but Pakistan's own future, for, in the absence of genuine commitment to counter-terrorism, it is only a matter of time before the country falls victim to the infection that it refuses to treat.
In addition, China has served as the principal broker in talks between the US and North Korea on nuclear issues, in which Japan has a huge stake.
What is at stake are not merely islands in the East and South China Seas, but a rules-based regional order, freedom of navigation of the seas and skies, access to maritime resources, and balanced power dynamics in Asia.
NEW DELHI - As it braces for its upcoming presidential election, Afghanistan finds itself at another critical juncture, with its unity and territorial integrity at stake after 35 years of relentless war.
Indeed, Cameron's promise is arguably the most consequential issue at stake in the British election: if he remains Prime Minister, there will be a referendum; if Miliband takes over, there will not be.

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