bet (b?t)n.1. An agreement usually between two parties that the one who has made an incorrect prediction about an uncertain outcome will forfeit something stipulated to the other; a wager: made a bet that it would stop raining before 2:00.2. An amount or object risked in a wager; a stake: a bet of $50.3. One on which a stake is or can be placed: Our team is a sure bet to win.4. a. A plan or an option considered with regard to its probable consequence: Your best bet is to make reservations ahead of time.b. Informal A view or opinion, especially about something that cannot be known at the present time: My bet is that the rain will hold off. My bet is he didn’t do it.v. bet or bet·ted, bet·ting, bets v.tr.1. To stake (an amount, for example) in a bet.2. To make a bet with: I bet them that we would be first.3. To make a bet on (a contestant or an outcome).4. To maintain confidently, as if making a bet: I bet they were surprised by the news.v.intr. To make or place a bet.Idiom: you bet Informal Of course; surely.[Origin unknown.]American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.bet (b?t) n1. an agreement between two parties that a sum of money or other stake will be paid by the loser to the party who correctly predicts the outcome of an event2. (Gambling, except Cards) the money or stake risked3. (Gambling, except Cards) the predicted result in such an agreement: his bet was that the horse would win. 4. (Gambling, except Cards) a person, event, etc, considered as likely to succeed or occur: it’s a good bet that they will succeed. 5. a course of action (esp in the phrase one’s best bet)6. informal an opinion; view: my bet is that you’ve been up to no good. vb, bets, betting, bet or betted7. (Gambling, except Cards) (when: intr foll by on or against) to make or place a bet with (a person or persons)8. (Gambling, except Cards) (tr) to stake (money, etc) in a bet9. (tr; may take a clause as object) informal to predict (a certain outcome): I bet she fails. 10. you bet informal of course; naturally[C16: probably short for abet]Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014bet1 (b?t) v. bet bet?ted, bet?ting, v.t. 1. to wager with (someone). 2. to maintain in or as if in a bet: I bet you forgot it. 3. Informal. to be able to feel certain that (used in the phrase you bet). v.i. 4. to make a wager. n. 5. a pledge of a forfeit risked on some uncertain outcome; wager. 6. a thing pledged: a two-dollar bet. 7. something that is bet on: That looks like a good bet. 8. an act of betting. 9. a person or thing considered a good choice. [1585?95] bet2 (be?t; b?t) n. beth. BET, Trademark. Black Entertainment Television (cable TV channel). bet. between. Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.betPast participle: bet/bettedGerund: bettingImperativePresentPreteritePresent ContinuousPresent PerfectPast ContinuousPast PerfectFutureFuture PerfectFuture ContinuousPresent Perfect ContinuousFuture Perfect ContinuousPast Perfect ContinuousConditionalPast ConditionalImperativebetbetPresentI betyou bethe/she/it betswe betyou betthey betPreteriteI bet/bettedyou bet/bettedhe/she/it bet/bettedwe bet/bettedyou bet/bettedthey bet/bettedPresent ContinuousI am bettingyou are bettinghe/she/it is bettingwe are bettingyou are bettingthey are bettingPresent PerfectI have bet/bettedyou have bet/bettedhe/she/it has bet/bettedwe have bet/bettedyou have bet/bettedthey have bet/bettedPast ContinuousI was bettingyou were bettinghe/she/it was bettingwe were bettingyou were bettingthey were bettingPast PerfectI had bet/bettedyou had bet/bettedhe/she/it had bet/bettedwe had bet/bettedyou had bet/bettedthey had bet/bettedFutureI will betyou will bethe/she/it will betwe will betyou will betthey will betFuture PerfectI will have bet/bettedyou will have bet/bettedhe/she/it will have bet/bettedwe will have bet/bettedyou will have bet/bettedthey will have bet/bettedFuture ContinuousI will be bettingyou will be bettinghe/she/it will be bettingwe will be bettingyou will be bettingthey will be bettingPresent Perfect ContinuousI have been bettingyou have been bettinghe/she/it has been bettingwe have been bettingyou have been bettingthey have been bettingFuture Perfect ContinuousI will have been bettingyou will have been bettinghe/she/it will have been bettingwe will have been bettingyou will have been bettingthey will have been bettingPast Perfect ContinuousI had been bettingyou had been bettinghe/she/it had been bettingwe had been bettingyou had been bettingthey had been bettingConditionalI would betyou would bethe/she/it would betwe would betyou would betthey would betPast ConditionalI would have bet/bettedyou would have bet/bettedhe/she/it would have bet/bettedwe would have bet/bettedyou would have bet/bettedthey would have bet/bettedCollins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011