GAMBLE ON STH / ON DOING STH

Meaning of GAMBLE ON STH / ON DOING STH in English

to take a risk with sth, hoping that you will be successful :

He gambled on being able to buy a ticket at the last minute.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

ON
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
ON — I. (|)ȯn, (|)än, in the southeastern US sometimes (|)ōn preposition Etymology: Middle English, preposition & adverb, fr Old English an, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
STH — abbreviation somatotropic hormone
Webster's New International English Dictionary
STH — abbreviation south
Webster's New International English Dictionary
STH — ■ abbreviation south.
Concise Oxford English vocab
ON — I. on 1 S1 W1 /ɒn $ ɑːn, ɒːn/ BrE AmE preposition [ Language: Old English ] 1 . ON …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ON — The preposition is pronounced /ɒn/. The adverb and the adjective are pronounced /ɒn/. Frequency: The word is one of the …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
STH — сокр. [sidetracked hole] скважина с боковым стволом
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
STH — сокр. [sidetracked hole] скважина с боковым стволом
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
ON — 1. предл. 1) а) в пространственном значении указывает на нахождение на поверхности какого-л. предмета, на чем-л. на a house on …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
ON — on.ogg 1. ɒn a 1. ближний, внутренний the on side - более близкая ( к собеседнику, зрителю и т. п. …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
ON — 1. ɒn a 1. ближний, внутренний the on side - более близкая ( к собеседнику, зрителю и т. п. ) …
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STH — брит. ; сокр. от south , southern юг; южный Sth Wales — Южный Уэльс
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
STH — брит.; сокр. от south, southern юг; южный Sth Wales — Южный Уэльс
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
ON — 1. предл. 1) а) в пространственном значении указывает на нахождение на поверхности какого-л. предмета, на чем-л. на a house on …
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DOING
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
GAMBLE — specular, riscar, hasardar, paríluder
English interlingue dictionary
DOING — THAT WAS YOUR ~: ta vu es culpabil, pri to vu es responsabil
English interlingue dictionary
DOING — buhat
English-Visayan vocabulary
DOING — noun Date: 14th century the act of performing or executing ; action , 2. plural things that are done or …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
GAMBLE — I. ˈgambəl Midland variant of gambrel 2 II. ˈgambəl, ˈgaam- verb ( gambled ; gambled ; gambling -b(ə)liŋ ; gambles …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DOING — noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from gerund of don to do — more at do 1. a. : …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DOING — (n.) Anything done; a deed; an action good or bad; hence, in the plural, conduct; behavior. See Do.
Английский словарь Webster
DOING — (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Do
Английский словарь Webster
DOING — ( p. pr. & vb. n. ) of Do
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
DOING — ( n. ) Anything done; a deed; an action good or bad; hence, in the plural, conduct; behavior. See Do.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
GAMBLE — — gambler , n. /gam"beuhl/ , v. , gambled, gambling , n. v.i. 1. to play at any game of …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DOING — /dooh"ing/ , n. 1. action; performance; execution: Your misfortune is not of my doing. 2. doings , deeds; proceedings; happenings; …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DOING — n. act, deed
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
DOING — noun Date: 14th century 1. : the act of performing or executing : action that will take a great deal …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
GAMBLE — vi to play or game for money or other stake. 2. gamble ·vt to lose or squander by gaming; …
Webster English vocab
DOING — p.pr. & ·vb.n. of do. 2. doing ·noun anything done; a deed; an action good or bad; hence, in the …
Webster English vocab
DOING — ■ noun 1》 (also ~s ) the activities in which someone engages. 2》 activity or effort: it would take some …
Concise Oxford English vocab
GAMBLE — [gam.ble] vb gam.bled ; gam.bling [prob. back-formation fr. gambler, prob. alter. of obs. gamner, fr. obs. gamen (to play)] vi …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
DOING — doing BrE AmE ˈdu ː ‿ɪŋ ▷ doing|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
GAMBLE — / ˈgæmbl; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb 1. gamble (sth) (on sth) to risk money on a card …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DOING — / ˈduːɪŋ; NAmE / noun [ C , usually pl. , U ] a thing done or caused by sb …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GAMBLE — I. gam ‧ ble 1 /ˈɡæmb ə l/ BrE AmE verb [intransitive and transitive] [ Date: 1700-1800 ; Origin: game …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
DOING — do ‧ ing /ˈduːɪŋ/ BrE AmE noun [ Word Family: verb : ↑ do , ↑ outdo , ↑ overdo …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
DOING — n. 1 a an action; the performance of a deed (famous for his doings; it was my doing). b activity, …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
DOING — n. 1 a an action; the performance of a deed (famous for his doings; it was my doing). b activity, …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
DOING — n.1 a an action; the performance of a deed (famous for his doings; it was my doing). b activity, effort …
Oxford English vocab
GAMBLE — ( gambles, gambling, gambled) 1. A gamble is a risky action or decision that you take in the hope of …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GAMBLE — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES compulsive gambling/overeating/spending etc ▪ Compulsive overspending in these days of credit cards has become …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
GAMBLE — [verb] - to do something risky that might result in loss of money or failure, in the hope of making …
Cambridge English vocab
DOING — [noun] [U]Is this your doing? (= Did you do this?)It was none of my doing.Running a marathon takes some/a lot …
Cambridge English vocab
GAMBLE — Synonyms and related words : accidentality, actuarial calculation, admit of, adventitiousness, ante, ante up, back, be liable, be subjected to, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
DOING — See: NOTHING DOING.
Slang English vocab
GAMBLE — n. Function: verb 1 to engage in a game of chance for something of value FF1C; swore he would never …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
GAMBLE — verb 1. to engage in a game of chance for something of value swore he would never gamble for high …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
GAMBLE — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ big , enormous , great , huge , major , massive ▪ calculated ▪ high-risk , risky …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
GAMBLE — See ↑ GAMBLING 1 ◆◆◆ • ↑ a gamble
Longman Activator English vocab
GAMBLE — n. 25B6; verb he started to gamble more often : BET, place/lay a bet on something, stake money on something, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
DOING — n. 25B6; noun the doing of the act constitutes the offence : PERFORMANCE, performing, carrying out, execution, implementation, implementing, achievement, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
GAMBLE
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
DOING — See: NOTHING DOING.
Словарь английских идиом
GAMBLE — (разговорное) азартная игра (разговорное) рискованное предприятие, авантюра - to take a * on smth. рискнуть чем-л. - it was pure …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
DOING — сущ. 1) мн. дела, действия, поведение, поступки fine doings these! ≈ хорошенькие дела творятся! I have heard of your doings …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
GAMBLE — gamble.ogg 1. ʹgæmb(ə)l n разг. 1. азартная игра 2. рискованное предприятие, авантюра to take a gamble on smth. - рискнуть …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
DOING — 1. ʹdu(:)ıŋ n 1. делание; дело talking is one thing, doing is another - одно дело - говорить, совсем другое …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
GAMBLE — азартная игра || играть в азартную игру - bold gamble - discrete gamble - even-chance gamble - one-point gamble - optimal gamble - two-point gamble
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
GAMBLE — gamble сущ.1) азартная игра Her brute of a husband was always on the drink and gamble. — Ее муж-скотина непрерывно …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
GAMBLE — 1. ʹgæmb(ə)l n разг. 1. азартная игра 2. рискованное предприятие, авантюра to take a gamble on smth. - рискнуть чем-л. …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
DOING — 1. ʹdu(:)ıŋ n 1. делание; дело talking is one thing, doing is another - одно дело - говорить, совсем другое …
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Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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