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- Dictionaryante/ˈanti/
noun
- 1. a stake put up by a player in poker or brag before receiving cards: "the antes were at the $10,000–$20,000 level"
verb
- 1. put up an amount as an ante in poker or brag and similar games.
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ANTE definition: 1. an amount of money that each person must risk in order to be part of a game that involves…. Learn more.
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.
Ante definition: a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.. See examples of ANTE used in a sentence.
Before You Know It: Ante. Learn these words derived from the Latin root ante meaning "before, in front of."
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.
ANTE | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary. Meaning of ante in English. ante. noun [ C ] us / ˈæn.t̬i / uk / ˈæn.ti / Add to word list. an amount of money that each person must risk in order to be part of a game that involves gambling: a $30 ante. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Gambling & bookmaking.
Definition of ante noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
