stakes
Speech parts
1. stakes - Noun
2. stakes - Verb
Meaning
stakes
plural of stake
The money wagered in gambling
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stakes
third-person singular simple present indicative of stake
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Where the stakes are the highest, in the war on terror, we cannot possibly succeed without extraordinary international cooperation. Effective international police actions require the highest degree of intelligence sharing, planning and collaborative enforcement.
In those days spirits were brave, the stakes were high, men were real men, women were real women and small furry creatures from Alpha Centauri were real small furry creatures from Alpha Centauri.
University politics are vicious precisely because the stakes are so small.
Law makes long spokes of the short stakes of men.
You know, nothing is more important than education, because nowhere are our stakes higher; our future depends on the quality of education of our children today.
The man who can sharpen hundred stakes between two meals, can take a wife.