What does stakes mean?
Stakes means plural of stake.
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/steɪks/ · noun
plural of stake.
These are the stakes: to make a world in which all of God's children can live or to go into the dark. We must either love each other, or we must die. Vote for President Johnson on November 3rd. The stakes are too high for you to stay home.
Holloway has unfinished business in the Premier League after relegation last year and he will make a swift return if he can overcome West Ham a week on Saturday. Sam Allardyce, the West Ham manager, will be acutely aware that when the stakes are high, Blackpool are simply formidable.
I have reviewed the exhibits submitted in this case. I also have carefully considered the arguments proffered by the parties. I take my role in this proceeding extremely seriously, given both the stakes and the novel constitutional questions at issue. For the reasons that follow, I conclude that Mr. Trump's primary petition is invalid.
Use stakes when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Stakes means plural of stake.
Common synonyms include stake, bet, wager.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
These are the stakes: to make a world in which all of God's children can live or to go into the dark. We must either love each other, or we must die. Vote for President Johnson on November 3rd. The stakes are too high for you to stay home.
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