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{
"term": "stake",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "money that somebody invests in a company",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "a 20 per cent stake in the business"
},
{
"text": "a **controlling/majority/minority stake**"
},
{
"text": "IBM will take an 18 per cent ownership stake in the new company."
},
{
"text": "She acquired a 4 per cent direct stake in the company."
}
],
"topics": ["Business"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["controlling", "large", "majority"],
"verb + stake": ["have", "own", "acquire"],
"preposition": ["stake in"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "a part or share in a business, plan, etc. that will bring you money or other benefits if it succeeds",
"sensetop": "stake in something",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "She has a personal stake in the success of the play."
},
{
"text": "Many young people no longer feel they have a stake in society."
},
{
"text": "He has a personal stake in the outcome of the war."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "something that you risk losing, especially money, when you try to predict the result of a race, game, etc., or when you are involved in an activity that can succeed or fail",
"cefr": "c2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "How much was the stake *(= how much did you bet)*?"
},
{
"text": "They were playing cards for **high stakes** *(= a lot of money)*."
},
{
"text": "With only two points separating the top five players, **the stakes are high** as they enter the final round."
},
{
"text": "They always play for high stakes."
},
{
"text": "The political stakes are high."
}
],
"topics": ["Sports: other sports", "Money"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["big", "high", "low"],
"verb + stake": ["play for", "raise", "lower"],
"preposition": ["at stake"],
"phrases": ["with so much at stake"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "a wooden or metal post that is pointed at one end and pushed into the ground in order to support something, mark a particular place, etc.",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Tall plants can be secured by tying them to stakes."
},
{
"text": "He was hammering stakes into the ground."
},
{
"text": "The plants are supported with stout stakes."
},
{
"text": "The route was marked with stakes with red stripes painted on them."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 5,
"definition": "a wooden post that somebody could be tied to in former times before being burnt to death (= killed by fire) as a punishment",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Joan of Arc was **burnt at the stake**."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 6,
"definition": "the money that is paid to the winners in horse racing",
"cefr": "c2",
"examples": [],
"topics": ["Sports: other sports"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 7,
"definition": "used in the names of some horse races",
"cefr": "c2",
"examples": [],
"topics": ["Sports: other sports"]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "that can be won or lost, depending on the success of a particular action",
"examples": [
{
"text": "We cannot afford to take risks when people's lives are at stake."
},
{
"text": "The prize at stake is a place in the final."
},
{
"text": "With so much at stake, we can't afford to make mistakes."
},
{
"text": "He will face the investigation with his reputation at stake."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to be prepared to do anything in order to defend your opinions or beliefs",
"examples": [
{
"text": "He would have gone to the stake for his belief in his daughter’s innocence."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "used to say how much of a particular quality a person has, as if they were in a competition in which some people are more successful than others",
"examples": [
{
"text": "John doesn't do too well in the personality stakes."
},
{
"text": "She was determined to win in the fashion stakes."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to suddenly move from your house and go to live somewhere else",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "He pulled up stakes and went back to France."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/steɪk/",
"audio": "st/stake/stake__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/steɪk/",
"audio": "st/stake/stake__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "noun senses 1 to 2 Old English staca, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch staak, also to the verb stick. noun senses 3 to 6 late Middle English: perhaps a specialized usage of stake ‘post’ from the notion of an object being placed as a wager on a post or stake."
}