英语词汇“ante”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典-新都网

noun | verb

anteante1 /ˈænti/ noun

ETYMOLOGYante¹

Origin: 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 TABLE

ante

Simple Form
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

Continuous Form
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