at stake

Speech parts

1. at stake - Adverb

2. at stake - Phrase

Meaning

to be won or lost; at risk

in question or at issue

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

involved concerned lose threatened compromise unsettled endangered in question in danger at issue under consideration in dispute in jeopardy at hazard under discussion
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Antonyms

safe harmless playful innocuous inoffensive unobjectionable
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Examples

Names and individuals are unimportant when Germany's final fate is at stake. Franz von Papen

Torture is an impermissible evil. Except under two circumstances. The first is the ticking time bomb. An innocent's life is at stake. The bad guy you have captured possesses information that could save this life. He refuses to divulge. In such a case, the choice is easy. Charles Krauthammer

Since Auschwitz we know what man is capable of. And since Hiroshima we know what is at stake. Viktor Frankl

The survival of the United States of America as we know it is at risk. And even more - if more should be required - the future of human civilization is at stake. Al Gore

For our country to be safe from terrorists we must stabilize Iraq and show that it can be done and take out these terrorist organizations who would harm Americans. Our freedom is at stake here. Kay Bailey Hutchison

Available energy is the main object at stake in the struggle for existence and the evolution of the world. Ludwig Boltzmann

Words in the phrase

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Close letter words and terms

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