AT STAKE | Meaning, Definition In Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of at stake in English

at stake

idiom Add to word list Add to word list C2 If something that is valuable is at stake, it is in a situation where it might be lost: Thousands of lives will be at stake if emergency aid does not arrive in the city soon. Unsafe and insecure

• appealingly
• be on the line idiom
• day
• endangered
• indefensible
• insecure
• insecurely
• insecurity
• instable
• risk
• security breach
• shaky
• sketchy
• someone's/something's days are numbered idiom
• threat
• unbalanced
• unscreened
• unsecured
• unsound
• unsupervised

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at stake | American Dictionary

at stake

idiom Add to word list Add to word list in danger of being lost: About 3000 jobs are at stake if the company closes down. (Definition of at stake from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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in Chinese (Traditional) 有風險, 處於危急關頭… See more in Chinese (Simplified) 有风险, 处于危急关头… See more in Spanish en juego, en peligro/riesgo… See more in Portuguese em jogo… See more in Marathi in French in Turkish in Dutch in Tamil in Hindi in Gujarati in Danish in Swedish in Malay in German in Norwegian in Urdu in Ukrainian in Telugu in Bengali in Czech in Indonesian in Thai in Vietnamese in Polish पणास लागणे, टांगणीस लागणे… See more en jeu… See more riskte, büyük tehlikede… See more op het spel… See more மதிப்புமிக்க ஒன்று ஆபத்தில் இருந்தால், அது இழக்கப்படும் சூழ்நிலையில் உள்ளது.… See more दाँव पर… See more દાવ પર, જોખમમાં… See more på spil… See more på spel, [vara] i fara, [stå] på spel… See more dipertaruhkan, dalam bahaya… See more auf dem Spiel… See more (stå) på spill, (være) i fare… See more خطرے میں, داؤ پر… See more бути поставленим на карту, бути в небезпеці… See more విలువైనది ఏదైనా ప్రమాదంలో ఉంటే, అది పోయే అవకాశమున్న పరిస్థితిలో ఉన్నట్టు… See more সংকটাপন্ন… See more v sázce… See more dipertaruhkan, dalam bahaya… See more พนัน, อยู่ในอันตราย… See more thua, mất, đang bị đe dọa… See more wchodzi w grę, zagrożony… See more Need a translator?

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