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noun | verb anteante1 /ˈænti/ noun ETYMOLOGYante1Origin: 1800-1900 ante- up/raise the ante to increase your demands or try to get more things from a situation, even though this involves more risks: Sanctions against the dictatorship upped the ante considerably in the crisis. → see also penny ante noun | verb anteante2 verb (anted or anteed, anteing) VERB TABLEante |
Present | I, you, we, they | ante | | he, she, it | antes | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | anted, anteed | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have anted, anteed | | he, she, it | has anted, anteed | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had anted, anteed | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will ante | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have anted, anteed |
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Present | I | am anteing | | he, she, it | is anteing | | you, we, they | are anteing | Past | I, he, she, it | was anteing | | you, we, they | were anteing | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been anteing | | he, she, it | has been anteing | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been anteing | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be anteing | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been anteing |
ante up phrasal verb1ante up something to pay an amount of money, especially when it seems large or unreasonable: Small businesses that want to expand must ante up large legal fees.2 to pay the money you have bet, in a game such as cards |