"ante" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈænti/ [UK, US] Audio: en-us-ante.ogg [US] Forms: antes [plural]
Rhymes: -ænti Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin ante (“before”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*h₂ent-}}, {{lbor|en|la|ante|t=before}} Learned borrowing from Latin ante (“before”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} ante (plural antes)
  1. A price or cost, as in up the ante. Translations (price or cost): panos (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-ante-en-noun-ZrWLOz9r Disambiguation of 'price or cost': 100 0
  2. (poker) In poker and other games, the contribution made by all players to the pot before dealing the cards. Categories (topical): Poker Translations (initial contribution in games): alkupanos (Finnish), aloituspanos (Finnish), avauspanos (Finnish), mise [feminine] (French)
    Sense id: en-ante-en-noun-jHONHsUV Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 47 9 9 Topics: card-games, poker Disambiguation of 'initial contribution in games': 29 71
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ante in, ante up, penny ante, penny-ante, raise the ante, up the ante Related terms: ante litteram, status quo ante

Verb

IPA: /ˈænti/ [UK, US] Audio: en-us-ante.ogg [US] Forms: antes [present, singular, third-person], anteing [participle, present], anted [participle, past], anted [past], anteed [participle, past], anteed [past]
Rhymes: -ænti Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin ante (“before”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*h₂ent-}}, {{lbor|en|la|ante|t=before}} Learned borrowing from Latin ante (“before”) Head templates: {{en-verb|antes|anteing|anted|past2=anteed}} ante (third-person singular simple present antes, present participle anteing, simple past and past participle anted or anteed)
  1. To pay the ante in poker. Often used as ante up. Translations (To pay the ante in poker): слагам миза (slagam miza) (Bulgarian), maksaa alkupanos (Finnish), miser (French), делать ставку (delatʹ stavku) [imperfective] (Russian), роби́ти ста́вку (robýty stávku) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-ante-en-verb-fjLqatU2 Disambiguation of 'To pay the ante in poker': 95 5
  2. To make an investment in money, effort, or time before knowing one's chances.
    Sense id: en-ante-en-verb-o7t5ktS0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: status quo ante bellum

Inflected forms

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