Dictionary

outbid en · VERB

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /aʊtˈbɪd/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úd Proto-Germanic *ūt Proto-Germanic *ūt- Old English ūt- Middle English ut- English out- English bid English outbid From out- + bid.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To bid more than (somebody else) in an auction.
   • You must understand that there are people who strive and save their whole lives to acquire something, and when they are simply outbidded or outfoxed by me, it is not taken with a delicate smile. 2008, Michael Marra, A Host of Suspects, page 139:
   • Bengal outbidded those of Delhi; instead of searching for khalifahs for obtaining recognition, Sultan Sikandar Shah himself took the title .of Imam ul-Azam and Khalifat-ul-Muazzam. 1985, Abdul Karim, Social History of the Muslims in Bengal: Down to A.D. 1538, page 65:

Forms

Deriveds

outbidder

Translations (16)

la adiciō (to bid more than somebody else) · io superaucionar (to bid more than somebody else) · fr surenchérir (to bid more than somebody else) · pl przelicytować (to bid more than somebody else) · fi ylittää tarjous (to bid more than somebody else) · ar زَايَدَ (to bid more than somebody else) · pl przelicytowywać (to bid more than somebody else) · nl overbieden (to bid more than somebody else) · gl poxar (to bid more than somebody else) · pt em leilão (to bid more than somebody else) · hu rálicitál (to bid more than somebody else) · fi tarjota enemmän (to bid more than somebody else) · de überbieten (to bid more than somebody else) · bg наддавам (to bid more than somebody else) · ro supralicita (to bid more than somebody else) · pt concorrência ou licitação (to bid more than somebody else)