ante

See also ante-

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA ^(key): /ˈæn.ti/

• Audio (US)

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• Homophones: auntie, anti (in some dialects)

Noun

Singular ante

Plural antes

1. An ante is something you agree to risk before you know what will happen.

   The dealer asked the gamblers, "What's the ante."

   I seemed to have upped the ante on Wiktionary when said I knew how to write IPA symbols.

Related words and phrases

• penny ante
• up the ante

Preposition

Preposition ante

1. before

Verb

Plain form ante

Third-person singular antes

Past tense anted

Past participle anted

Present participle anteing

1. To pay the ante in poker.
2. To make an investment in money, effort, or time before knowing one's chances.

Synonyms

• (in poker) ante up