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Word3 bet
WordType (verb)
Phonetic /bet/ /bet/
Example
  • you have to be over 16 to bet.
  • i wouldn't bet on them winning the next election.
  • not many people are betting against france retaining their title.
  • he likes betting on horses and watching table tennis.
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bet

(verb)/bet/ /bet/

    Verb Forms

  1. to risk money on a race or an event by trying to predict the result
    • SEE ALSO betting
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/betting
    • You have to be over 16 to bet.
    • I wouldn't bet on them winning the next election.
    • Not many people are betting against France retaining their title.
    • He likes betting on horses and watching table tennis.
    • He bet $2 000 on the final score of the game.
    • You shouldn't praise a gambler for betting his life savings if he wins.
    • She bet me £20 (that) I wouldn't do it.
    • I bet her (that) the Democrats would not win.
    • He bet ten dollars (that) he could write a complete story in just six words.
  2. used to say that you are almost certain that something is true or that something will happen
    • I bet (that) we’re too late.
    • You can bet (that) the moment I sit down, the phone will ring.
    • I'm willing to bet (that) the analysts will be wrong.
    • I’ll bet you (that) he knows all about it.
  3. to risk everything you have on an investment, a bet, etc.
    • The company bet the farm on the new marketing model, only to find that it wasn’t successful.
  4. used to show that you can understand what somebody is feeling, describing, etc.
    • ‘I nearly died when he told me.’ ‘I bet!’
  5. used to tell somebody that you do not believe what they have just said
    • ‘I'm going to tell her what I think of her.’ ‘Yeah, I bet!’
  6. used to say that you do not think that something is very likely
    • ‘She'll soon get used to the idea.’ ‘I wouldn't bet on it.’
  7. used instead of ‘yes’ to emphasize that somebody has guessed something correctly or made a good suggestion
    • ‘Are you nervous?’ ‘You bet!’
  8. used to say that you are certain that something will happen
    • You can bet your bottom dollar that he'll be late.

    Word Origin

    • late 16th cent.: perhaps a shortening of the obsolete noun abet ‘abetment’.
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