ante
pronunciation
How to pronounce ante in British English:
UK [ˈænti]
How to pronounce ante in American English:
US [ˈænti]
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- Noun:
- (poker) the initial contribution that each player makes to the pot
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- Verb:
- place one's stake
Word Origin
- ante
- 1838 (n.), 1846 (v.), American English poker slang, apparently from Latin ante "before," from PIE *anti- "facing opposite, against," with derivatives meaning "in front of, before; end" (cognates: Sanskrit antah "end, border, boundary," Hittite hanti "opposite," Greek anta, anten "opposite," anti "over against, opposite, before;" Old Lithuanian anta "on to;" Gothic anda "along;" Old English and- "against;" German ent- "along, against"), from root *ant- "front, forehead."
Example
- 1. Robust economic data up the ante on policymakers .
- 2. But miners are upping the ante .
- 3. With the brooklyn bridge walkway , schmidt upped the ante .
- 4. The iranian government has dangerously upped the nuclear ante in diplomacy and still faces resilient protesters at home .
- 5. Facebook , in the midst of a high-stakes negotiation over its future , has just dramatically upped the ante .