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- 1 Expression of general agreement or acceptance. Canada, US, slang
"Let me bust a freestyle then (Alright, bet)"
- 2 Exclamation indicating acceptance of a challenge or an absurd proposal. Canada, US, slang
"What you may not have stopped to consider is that Big Clit Energy (here referred to as B.C.E.) has been around since... BCE! Eve? She looked sin in the eye and said, “Bet.”"
- 3 Exclamation of joy at good fortune. Canada, US, slang
"I started making jokes about him feeling like tough sh*t after that presentation haha. Everyone at school geeked his head up [inflated his ego]. He probably got two fruit cups from the lunch lady that day and said, “Bet! I’m gonna keep doing this!”"
- 1 A diminutive of the female name Elizabeth.
- 1 A wager, an agreement between two parties that a stake (usually money) will be paid by the loser to the winner (the winner being the one who correctly forecast the outcome of an event).
"Dylan owes Fletcher $30 from an unsuccessful bet."
- 2 Alternative form of beth (“Semitic letter”). Canada, US, alt-of, alternative, slang
- 3 An adsorption technique used to measure the specific surface area of a solid, typically using nitrogen gas at a temperature of 77 K.
- 4 the act of gambling wordnet
- 5 A candidate (for elections and pageants) or competitor (in multinational sports). Philippines, figuratively, informal
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- 6 the money risked on a gamble wordnet
- 7 Indicating a degree of certainty, or that something can be relied upon.
"It’s a safe bet that it will rain tomorrow."
- 1 between Canada, US, slang
"insert right-hand needle bet 2 sts just knitted"
- 1 Agreement or confirmation; okay. slang, urban, 2010s-2020s
"Bet, I will be there at eight."
- 1 To stake or pledge upon the outcome of an event; to wager. ditransitive, transitive
"I('ll) bet I can run faster than you."
- 2 have faith or confidence in wordnet
- 3 To be sure of something; to be able to count on something. transitive
"Fancy going for a drink after work? / You bet I do!"
- 4 maintain with or as if with a bet wordnet
- 5 To place money into the pot in order to require others do the same, usually only used for the first person to place money in the pot on each round.
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- 6 stake on the outcome of an issue wordnet
Etymology
From 16th-century criminal slang, perhaps from Middle English bet (“something better, advantage, luck”), from Old English bet, bett (“better”, adverb); or, alternatively from abet, from Middle English abet, abette, from Old French abet (“incitement to evil”), from Old French abeter (“to entice”), from a- (“to”) + beter (“hound on, urge, to bait”); ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *baitijan (“to bait, entice”), related to Old English bǣtan (“to bait”). More at abet.
From 16th-century criminal slang, perhaps from Middle English bet (“something better, advantage, luck”), from Old English bet, bett (“better”, adverb); or, alternatively from abet, from Middle English abet, abette, from Old French abet (“incitement to evil”), from Old French abeter (“to entice”), from a- (“to”) + beter (“hound on, urge, to bait”); ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *baitijan (“to bait, entice”), related to Old English bǣtan (“to bait”). More at abet.
From 16th-century criminal slang, perhaps from Middle English bet (“something better, advantage, luck”), from Old English bet, bett (“better”, adverb); or, alternatively from abet, from Middle English abet, abette, from Old French abet (“incitement to evil”), from Old French abeter (“to entice”), from a- (“to”) + beter (“hound on, urge, to bait”); ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *baitijan (“to bait, entice”), related to Old English bǣtan (“to bait”). More at abet.
From Hebrew בית (bēt).
Abbreviation.
Named after its inventors Brunauer, Emmett and Teller.
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