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Wager

Something deposited, laid, or hazarded on the event of a contest or an unsettled question; a bet; a stake; a pledge.

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Verb group 2

Play 84% connected

To engage in sport or lively recreation; to exercise for the sake of amusement; to frolic; to spot.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Play 84% connected

To engage in sport or lively recreation; to exercise for the sake of amusement; to frolic; to spot.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Narrower term 3

Ante 76% connected

Each player's stake, which is put into the pool before (ante) the game begins.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Pool 76% connected

A small and rather deep collection of (usually) fresh water, as one supplied by a spring, or occurring in the course of a stream; a reservoir for wat…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Pot 76% connected

A metallic or earthen vessel, appropriated to any of a great variety of uses, as for boiling meat or vegetables, for holding liquids, for plants, etc…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Broader term 11

Anticipate 76% connected

To be before in doing; to do or take before another; to preclude or prevent by prior action.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Call 76% connected

To command or request to come or be present; to summon; as, to call a servant.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Forebode 76% connected

To foretell.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Foretell 76% connected

To predict; to tell before occurence; to prophesy; to foreshow.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Gamble 76% connected

To play or game for money or other stake.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Gambling 76% connected

of Gamble

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Gaming 76% connected

of Game

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Play 76% connected

To engage in sport or lively recreation; to exercise for the sake of amusement; to frolic; to spot.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Predict 76% connected

To tell or declare beforehand; to foretell; to prophesy; to presage; as, to predict misfortune; to predict the return of a comet.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Prognosticate 76% connected

To indicate as future; to foretell from signs or symptoms; to prophesy; to foreshow; to predict; as, to prognosticate evil.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Promise 76% connected

In general, a declaration, written or verbal, made by one person to another, which binds the person who makes it to do, or to forbear to do, a specif…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Manner of action 8

Back 76% connected

A large shallow vat; a cistern, tub, or trough, used by brewers, distillers, dyers, picklers, gluemakers, and others, for mixing or cooling wort, hol…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Gage 76% connected

A pledge or pawn; something laid down or given as a security for the performance of some act by the person depositing it, and forfeited by nonperform…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Game 76% connected

Crooked; lame; as, a game leg.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Play 76% connected

To engage in sport or lively recreation; to exercise for the sake of amusement; to frolic; to spot.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Punt 76% connected

To play at basset, baccara, faro. or omber; to gamble.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Raise 76% connected

To cause to rise; to bring from a lower to a higher place; to lift upward; to elevate; to heave; as, to raise a stone or weight.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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See 76% connected

A seat; a site; a place where sovereign power is exercised.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Stake 76% connected

A piece of wood, usually long and slender, pointed at one end so as to be easily driven into the ground as a support or stay; as, a stake to support…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Derivationally related 2

Play 74% connected

To engage in sport or lively recreation; to exercise for the sake of amusement; to frolic; to spot.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Play 74% connected

To engage in sport or lively recreation; to exercise for the sake of amusement; to frolic; to spot.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Containing whole 1

Pool 70% connected

A small and rather deep collection of (usually) fresh water, as one supplied by a spring, or occurring in the course of a stream; a reservoir for wat…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a containing group, substance or whole.

Synonym 3

Bet 92% connected

That which is laid, staked, or pledged, as between two parties, upon the event of a contest or any contingent issue; the act of giving such a pledge;…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Play 92% connected

To engage in sport or lively recreation; to exercise for the sake of amusement; to frolic; to spot.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Stake 92% connected

A piece of wood, usually long and slender, pointed at one end so as to be easily driven into the ground as a support or stay; as, a stake to support…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

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