Ante

Quick meaning: Ante is a noun meaning A price or cost, as in up the ante.

Meaning

A price or cost, as in up the ante.

More Meanings

1. (poker) In poker and other games, the contribution made by all players to the pot, often before dealing all the cards.
2. To pay the ante in poker. Often used as ante up.
3. To make an investment in money, effort, or time before knowing one's chances.

Example Sentences

When it came to the more successful contestants, meanwhile, edits of the shows also began to fall heavily on sad backstories – the "sob story", if you will – instilling the idea that singers had to mine trauma from their lives to up the emotional ante, making them seem to be more "worthy" winners.

“… There was a man who always painted marble seats and another who did nothing but sheep. So a fellow I knew determined only to paint backs. Men's backs, women's backs, girls' backs and boys backs. … his best known bacchante was described by a critic as all back and no ante, but his backs became famous. …”

Word Forms

• antes
• anteing
• anted
• anteed

Synonyms for ante

Depending on context, synonyms include preceding, antecedent.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include front, preceding, antecedent, advance, outset, auction.

Related Dictionary Tools