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Translation

to bet, wager

Word origin

From German wetten ('to bet'), which goes back to the Germanic root wadja, a pledge. English wager and the old sense of wed ('to pledge') grew from the same root.

Origin
German
Root
wetten
English cognates
wager

Examples

, .

I bet that our team will win.

.

He bet a lot of money and lost everything.

?

Do you want to bet on that?

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This word is part of lesson 25.