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ante¹

  • /ˈænti/ UK
  • /ˈantɪj/ British, Southern, Standard
  • /ˈantɪ/ Northern England, UK
  • /-ti/ Northern England, UK
  • /ˈanti/ UK, Wales
  • /ˈante/ Scotland, UK
  • /-tɪ/ Scotland, UK
  • /-ti/ Scotland, UK
  • /ˈænti/ Canada, US
  • [ˈɛənti] Canada, US
  • /ˈæːnti/ Australia
  • /ˈɛnti/ New Zealand

Sounds like anti, anty, auntie (one pronunciation) · Rhymes with -ænti

Where it comes from

Learned borrowing from Latin ante (“before”). Doublet of and.

preposition a.

  1. Synonym of before, earlier in time, particularly used in historical dating. The wall was built at some time a. 1400.

    Similar: before, earlier in time, particularly used in historical dating

noun antes

  1. A price or cost, as in up the ante. “… There was a man who always painted marble seats and another who did nothing but sheep. So a fellow I knew determined only to paint backs. Men's backs, women's backs, girls' backs and boys backs. … his best known bacchante was described by a critic as all back and no ante, but his backs became fam
  2. In poker and other games, the contribution made by all players to the pot, often before dealing all the cards.

verb antes · anteing · anted · anteed

  1. To pay the ante in poker. Often used as ante up.
  2. To make an investment in money, effort, or time before knowing one's chances.

Ante²

Where it comes from

Various origins:

* As a Spanish and Catalan surname, perhaps from ante (“elk; suede”).

* As a Dutch and North German surname, from Ente (“duck”).

proper noun Antes

  1. A surname.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: front, preceding, antecedent, advance, outset, auction, cost, first, previous, mise, former, prior, earlier, before, ex-ante, stake

Translations

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noun price or cost

Françaismise, enjeu

noun initial contribution in games

Françaismise, enjeu, blinde

verb To pay the ante in poker

Françaismiser
Русскийделать ставку delatʹ stavku

verb To make an investment in money, effort, or time before knowing one's chances

Françaisparier

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Chicago

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BibTeX
@misc{ante_2026,
  title = {ante},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ante},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}