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at stake en · ADP

Pronunciation

Etymology

See stake.

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic) At issue, at risk.
    • How, Lucia, wou’dst thou have me sink away In pleasing Dreams, and lose my self in Love, When ev’ry moment Cato’s Life’s at Stake? 1712 (date written), [Joseph] Addison, Cato, a Tragedy. […], London: […] J[acob] Tonson, […], published 1713, →OCLC, Act I, scene iv, page 14:
    • […] as I have a great deal more at stake on this point than anybody else can have, I think it rather unnecessary in you to be advising me. 1817 (date written), [Jane Austen], chapter V, in Persuasion; published in Northanger Abbey: And Persuasion. […], volume (please specify |volume=III or IV), London: John Murray, […], 20 December 1817 (indicated as 1818), →OCLC:
    • What is at stake in these next 20 minutes is the championship.
    • I see my reputation is at stake My fame is shrewdly gored. c. 1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iii]:
    • Doesn't he realize that all of our lives are at stake here too?

Relateds

on the line · ride on · up the ante

Translations (26)

pl zagrożony (at issue, at risk) · it a rischio (at issue, at risk) · gd an geall (at issue, at risk) · it in palio (at issue, at risk) · fi vaakalaudalla (at issue, at risk) · fr en jeu (at issue, at risk) · it posta in gioco (at issue, at risk) · ru на кону́ (at issue, at risk) · nl op het spel (at issue, at risk) · ca en joc (at issue, at risk) · es en juego (at issue, at risk) · it in gioco (at issue, at risk) · nb på spill (at issue, at risk) · pt em jogo (at issue, at risk) · pl na szali (at issue, at risk) · ga i ngeall (at issue, at risk) · fi pelissä (at issue, at risk) · ro în joc (at issue, at risk) · it in ballo (at issue, at risk) · ru на ка́рте (at issue, at risk) · th เป็นเดิมพัน (at issue, at risk) · sv på spel (at issue, at risk) · vi bị đe dọa (at issue, at risk) · de auf dem Spiel (at issue, at risk) · vi lâm nguy (at issue, at risk) · ar عَلَى المِحَكّ (at issue, at risk)