Plural of stake
regular plural
The plural of stake is stakes.
Forms of stake
| Singular | stake /steɪk/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | stakes /steɪks/ |
| Countable | countable |
Stakes in a sentence
- We have surveyor's stakes at all four corners of this field, to mark exactly its borders.
- The bank robber decided to take a hostage in order to raise the stakes.From the entry raise the stakes
- With a royal flush, he decided to raise the stakes.From the entry raise the stakes
- They just pulled up stakes and left.From the entry pull up stakes
- Yet as a villain it’s not fully formed, which makes caring about the stakes an uphill climb.2023 July 5, Murtada Elfadl, “Mission: Impossible—Dead Reckoning Part One review: Tom Cruise runs, jumps, and delivers again”, in AV Club. From the entry uphill climb
Meaning of stake
- noun A piece of wood or other material, usually long and slender, pointed at one end so as to be easily driven into the ground as a marker or a support or stay.
- noun A piece of wood driven in the ground, placed in the middle of the court, that is used as the finishing point after scoring 12 hoops in croquet.
- noun A stick or similar object (e.g., steel channel or angle stock) inserted upright in a lop, eye, or mortise, at the side or end of a cart, flat car, flatbed trailer, or the like, to prevent goods from falling off; often connected in a grid forming a stakebody.
Questions about the plural of stake
- What is the plural of stake?
- The plural of stake is stakes.
- Is stake countable?
- Stake is a countable noun.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: stake (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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