BET
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A bet is a wager—money or something else of value risked on the outcome of an event: I lost my bet on the Super Bowl.
To bet is to make such a wager or to stake something on a belief: I'd bet my life on it.
You bet and bet alone express emphatic agreement: Are you coming? You bet!
A safe bet or good bet is something likely to succeed or prove true.
Stake on uncertainty
- stakeSharpened post or share
- gambleStake on uncertain outcome
- oddsLikelihood expressed numerically
- jackpotAccumulated gambling prize
casino · bookie · payout · longshot · parlay · ante · pot · chips
Challenge to act boldly
- riskPossibility of harm
- ventureRisky new undertaking
- chanceLikelihood of occurrence
- propositionStatement expressing a judgment
double dare · calling · raising · bluff · showdown · all-in · throw down · put up
Estimate without certainty
- forecastPrediction of future conditions
- hunchUnproven inner sense
- speculationUnproven theorizing or risky investment
- predictionForecast of coming events
certainty · likelihood · probability · expectation · assumption · intuition · sure thing · best guess
Self-assurance or trust
- faithTrust without proof
- relianceState of needing support
- assuranceFirm promise or certainty
- beliefTrust held as true
dependence · certainty · conviction · count on · bank on · trust · sure thing · guarantee
wager
Stake on uncertainty
jackpot · casino · bookie · payout · longshot · parlay · ante · pot · chips · house
dare
Challenge to act boldly
proposition · double dare · calling · raising · bluff · showdown · all-in · throw down · put up · prove it
guess
Estimate without certainty
- forecastPrediction of future conditions
- hunchUnproven inner sense
- speculationUnproven theorizing or risky investment
prediction · certainty · likelihood · probability · expectation · assumption · intuition · sure thing · best guess · educated guess
confidence
Self-assurance or trust
belief · dependence · certainty · conviction · count on · bank on · trust · sure thing · guarantee · backing
- cable TVESPN, CNN, cable TV, cable box, HBO
- Black CultureNAACP, HBCUs, Black churches, civil rights movement, Harlem Renaissance
- Black MediaEbony, Essence, Black Twitter, Soul Train, XXL
- Black Pressblack newspapers, black press, Ebony, Essence, Ebony magazine
- ethnic mediaethnic newspapers, indigenous media, Ebony, Essence, Telemundo
- Music ChannelsMTV, VH1, CMT, MTV2, Vevo
BETsure thing
Guaranteed outcome or agreement
certainty · guarantee · safe bet · lock · known quantity
- get betterTo progress or heal
- getting betterProgressing toward wellness
- you betEmphatic casual affirmation
- better offIn a preferable position
- got betterExperienced positive change
- I betSarcastic expression of doubt
better, betting, bets, abet, abettor, bettor, betted, overbet, safe bet