Complete Definition of "bet"

see|BET
English

Pronunciation
IPA|/�bεt/
SAMPA|/"bEt/
audio|en-us-bet.ogg|Audio (US)
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-�t|-�t

Noun
en-noun

  1. A wager, an agreement between two parties that a stake (usually money) will be paid by the loser to the winner   the one who correctly forcast the outcome of an event.
  2. A degree of certainty.

#:It�s a good bet that it will rain tomorrow.
#:It�s an even bet that Jim will come top of the maths test tomorrow

  1. rfv-sense Also a slang word for "Alright" and "O.k". First used by the rapping platypus vampires of Ireland.

Translations
trans-top|a wager
Dutch: weddenschap f
Finnish: veto
German: Wette f
Greek: ��οί�ημα [�stiçi�ma] n
Hebrew: �תער��ת (hitarvut) f
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Italian: scommessa f
Latvian: likme f
Polish: zak�ad m
Serbian: opklada m
Slovene: stava f
Swedish: vad#Noun|vad n
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trans-top|A degree of certainty
Dutch: waarschijnlijkheid f
Finnish: mahdollisuus
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German: Bestimmtheit f
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ttbc|Wu:
:Suzhou dialect: ruán-tondæ

Verb
en-verb|bets|betting|bet or betted

  1. To agree that payment be made to the successful forecaster of the result of an event (usually sporting) by the other party in the agreement. To make a guess about the outcome of an event.
  2. To be sure of something; to be able to count on something.

#: You bet!

  1. poker To place money into the pot in order to require others do the same, usually only used for the first person to place money in the pot on each round.

Translations
trans-top|To make a guess about the outcome of an event
Czech: vsadit, vsadit se
Breton: klaoustreañ
Dutch: gokken
Finnish: lyödä vetoa, veikata
French: parier
German: wetten
Greek: βάζ� ��οί�ημα ο�ί
Greek: ��οι�ημα�ίζ� [sti�çima�tizo�]
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Hebrew: ��תער� (le'hitarev)
Indonesian: taruh|mempertaruhkan
Japanese: 賭�� (���, kakeru)
Latvian: der�t
Polish: t|pl|postawi�, t|pl|zak�ada� si�
Slovak: staviť, vsadiť, stávkovať
Slovene: staviti
Swedish: slå vad
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trans-top|To be sure of something
Czech: vsadit se
Dutch: er op kunnen rekenen
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Latvian: būt p�rliecin�ts|p�rliecin�tam
Polish: t|pl|stawia� na
Slovak: staviť sa
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ttbc|Dutch: van op aan kunnen
ttbc|Indonesian: taruh|bertaruh
ttbc|Latvian: nosaukt likme|likmi
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ttbc|Wu:
:Suzhou dialect: ruánl tondæ

Category:Betting
Category:English verbs which are their own past participle


Crimean Tatar

Noun
bet

  1. face
  2. side, direction
  3. page

Declension
crh-latin-noun|ıñ|ke|nı|te|ten

References
R:Useinov-Mireev 2002

Category:Crimean Tatar nouns


Dutch

Verb form
bet

  1. singular present tense of betten

Esperanto

Noun
bet

  1. beet

Latvian

Conjunction
bet

  1. but

Category:Latvian conjunctions


Norwegian

Verb
bet or beit

  1. past tense of bite#Norwegian|bite

Category:Norwegian verb forms


Old English

Etymology
Common Germanic *bataz

Adverb
bet

  1. better
  2. rather

Category:Old English adverbs


Swedish

Verb
bet

  1. past tense of bita

Category:Swedish verb forms


Tok Pisin

Noun
bet

  1. bed.

Volapük

Noun
bet

  1. flower bed

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ru:bet
fi:bet
sv:bet
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vi:bet
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uk:bet
vo:bet
zh:bet

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