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# stakes

«stakes» in Mova's school dictionary: **Pointed wooden or metal posts pushed into the ground, for…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a stake, stakes — plural form); verb (stake, stakes, staked, staking)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Pointed wooden or metal posts pushed into the ground, for example to hold up plants or a tent. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stakes/#m1)

2) Money or something valuable risked in a bet or game; «the stakes are high» means a lot can be won or lost. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stakes/#m2)

3) A share in a business: «a stake in the company». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stakes/#m3)

4) (verb) Third-person form of «stake»: risks something, or marks land with posts. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stakes/#m4)

5) (history) A post at which people were once killed by burning, as in «burned at the stake». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stakes/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life, gardeners use stakes to support tomatoes and tents are fixed with stakes (also called pegs). In sport and games, «high stakes» means a match matters a lot. In history lessons, people accused of heresy or witchcraft were sometimes burned at the stake. In money talk, «a stake» is part ownership. Phrases: «at stake» (at risk), «high stakes», «stake a claim».

### examples

- Push the stakes into the ground to hold the tent. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stakes/#x1)
- Tie the beans to the stakes so they grow straight. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stakes/#x2)
- The stakes are high: the winner goes to the final. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stakes/#x3)
- Our team's place in the league is at stake. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stakes/#x4)
- He staked all his sweets on winning the game. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stakes/#x5)
- Joan of Arc was burned at the stake in 1431. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stakes/#x6)
- She owns a stake in her family's bakery. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stakes/#x7)
- “O son of a king,” said she, “I demand a game with you for stakes.” [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stakes/#x8)

### note

Countable. Homophone: «steaks» (pieces of meat) — «stakes» are posts or bets. «At stake» means at risk (not a meat!). In maths with money, «stake» is the amount bet.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «stakes» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stakes/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.