Phrase guide

at stake

prep_phrase · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

prep_phrase

Meaning 1

At issue, at risk.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: idiomatic

Examples

  • What is at stake in these next 20 minutes is the championship.
  • Doesn't he realize that all of our lives are at stake here too?

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adverb

Meaning 2

to be won or lost; at risk

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • perhaps a million dollars are at stake

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adverb

Meaning 3

in question or at issue

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • there is more at stake than your modesty

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

See stake.

Across languages

Translations

26 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: عَلَى المِحَكّ (ʕalā l-miḥakk) — at issue, at risk
  • Catalan: en joc — at issue, at risk
  • Dutch: op het spel — at issue, at risk
  • Finnish: pelissä — at issue, at risk
  • Finnish: vaakalaudalla — at issue, at risk
  • French: en jeu — at issue, at risk
  • German: auf dem Spiel — at issue, at risk
  • Irish: i ngeall — at issue, at risk
  • Italian: in ballo — at issue, at risk
  • Italian: in gioco — at issue, at risk
  • Italian: a rischio — at issue, at risk
  • Italian: in palio — at issue, at risk
  • Italian: posta in gioco — at issue, at risk
  • Norwegian Bokmål: på spill — at issue, at risk
  • Polish: na szali — at issue, at risk
  • Polish: zagrożony — at issue, at risk
  • Portuguese: em jogo — at issue, at risk
  • Romanian: în joc — at issue, at risk
  • Russian: на кону́ (na konú) — at issue, at risk
  • Russian: на ка́рте (na kárte) — at issue, at risk
  • Scottish Gaelic: an geall — at issue, at risk
  • Spanish: en juego — at issue, at risk
  • Swedish: på spel — at issue, at risk
  • Thai: เป็นเดิมพัน — at issue, at risk
  • Vietnamese: lâm nguy — at issue, at risk
  • Vietnamese: bị đe dọa — at issue, at risk