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Outbid

Definitions: Outbid

Outbid

Verb

1. Bid over an opponent's bid when one's partner has not bid or doubled, in Bridge.

2. Bid higher than others.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "outbid" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1790. (references)


Antonym: underbid (v). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Outbid

English words defined with "outbid": Outbade, Outbidden, Outbidding. (references)
Specialty definitions using "outbid": Buy Over. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Outbid

DomainTitle

Books

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Outbid

SubjectTopicQuote

Economic History

Slovak Rep

Slovenska Sporitelna (Slovak Savings Bank), the largest Slovak bank with more than $4.16 billion in assets was sold at the end of 2000. 87 percent of the shares went to Erste Bank of Austria, which paid EUR 425 million or about 1.78 times the estimated book value to outbid two other international banks. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Outbid

"Outbid" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 47.62% of the time. "Outbid" is used about 42 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Lexical Verb (infinitive)47.62%2078,262
Lexical Verb (base form)26.19%11106,044
Lexical Verb (past participle)21.43%9117,287
Lexical Verb (past tense)4.76%2245,945
                    Total100.00%42N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Outbid

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

outbid

2
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Modern Translations: Outbid

Language Translations for "outbid"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

tejkaloj (break, exceed, excel in capability, go beyond, outbalance, outdistance, outdo, outmatch, outnumber, outrival, outrun, outsail, out-top, overfulfil, overpass, overrun, stretch, surpass), ndryshoj çmim. (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏زايد في الثمن, ‏عرض ثمنا أعلى. (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

наддавам (raise, run up, take on), предлагам по-висока цена от. (various references)

   

Czech

  

přelicitovat (overbid), nabídnout více než (overbid). (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

روی دست کسی رفتن (Undersell), بیشترتوپ زدن از. (various references)

   

Finnish

  

tarjota enemmän kuin joku (outbid a person). (various references)

   

French

  

surenchérir, enchérir sur. (various references)

   

German

  

überbieten (beat, cap, improve on, improve upon, outdo, overbid, overcall, surpass, to overbid, to overcall, to surpass). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

πλειοδοτώ (bid, overbid), υπερθεματίζω (overbid). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

ל"ציע מחיר 'בו" יותר. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

túllicitál (overbid), felülmúl (exceed, Excel, outmatch, outreach, outrival, outshine, out-top, surmount, to cap, to exceed, to excel, to flog, to overshadow, to overtop, to pass, to surmount, to surmount to sg, to surpass, to transcend, transcend), felüllicitál (to vie). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

mengalahkan (discomfit, excred, outdo). (various references)

   

Italian

  

offrire un prezzo più alto. (various references)

   

Manx

  

ardjaghey (change up, climb, increase, inflation, level up, lift, mount up, overbid, pitch, prefer, preferment, promote, promotion, put up, ramp, steepen, worsen, worsen as fever). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

outbiday

   

Portuguese

  

oferecer mais, ultrapassar (better, break, cross, exceeding, excellence, get out, go beyond, keep one's distance, outboard, out-college, outdo, outgoing, outlook, outmatch, outpace, outrun, out-top, outvalue, outvoice, overhaul, overpass, overreact, overriding, oversight, overtake, overtrain, pass by, surpass, transcend, transfer, transgress, whop), exceder (better, cap, ding, exceed, go beyond, outclass, outdo, outmatch, outrun, out-top, overreach, overstep, overtake, pass by, preponderate, surpass, transcend), cobrir um lance. (various references)

   

Romanian

  

supralicita (overbid). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

превзойти (beat hollow, emulate, outdo, outmatch, outrival, overbid), перебивать цену (overbid). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

ponuditi više, nadmašiti (beat, break, cap, excel, outbalance, outclass, outdo, outmatch, outreach, outride, outstrip, out-top, outvie, overmatch, overtop, score off, surpass, top, top up, transcend). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

sobrepujar (Excel, outclass, outdo, surpass), licitar más que (overbid), hacer mejor oferta que (overbid). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

bjuda över (out-bid, overbid, overcall), överträffa (cap, exceed, improve on, improve upon, out-bid, outdo, outgo, outmatch, outrank, outrival, outstrip, pass, surpass, top, transcend). (various references)

   

Thai

  

เสนอราคาสูงกว่า. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

daha fazla para sürmek, artırmak (add, aggrandize, amplify, augment, bid up, boom, boost, build up, bump up, compound, deepen, economize, eke out, enhance, escalate, exalt, fade up, gain, heighten, improve, increase, overbid, put on, put up, raise, run up, save, scale up, screw up, send up, step up, swell out, swell up, up, upgrade, whip up, work up). (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

запропонувати вищу ціну, перевершити (cap, outclass, outdo, outmatch, outrival, outshine, outvie, overbid), перебивати ціну (overbid), перебивати взятки, переплюнути. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Outbid

Derivations

Words beginning with "outbid": outbidden, outbidding, outbids. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Outbid" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Bouabid, ouabain, outbind, outi, outsid, outvied. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Outbid"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "outbid" (pronounced ou"tbi'd)
3-b i' dunderbid.

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Anagrams: Outbid

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "b-d-i-o-t-u"

-1 letter: doubt.

-2 letters: bout, doit, duit, obit.

-3 letters: bid, bio, bit, bod, bot, bud, but, dib, dit, dot, dub, dui, duo, obi, oud, out, tod, tub, tui, udo.

-4 letters: bi, bo, do, id, it, od, ti, to, ut.

 Words containing the letters "b-d-i-o-t-u"
 

+1 letter: outbids.

 

+2 letters: bodysuit, bountied, doubting, misdoubt, outbuild, tuberoid.

 

+3 letters: abduction, bodysuits, misdoubts, obtruding, obtunding, outbidden, outbribed, outbuilds, quodlibet, subeditor.

 

+4 letters: abductions, bigmouthed, bloodguilt, counterbid, doubtingly, dubitation, misdoubted, multilobed, outbidding, outbitched, outbullied, outclimbed, quodlibets, subduction, subeditors, undoubting.

 

+5 letters: absolutized, adumbration, automobiled, badmouthing, bloodguilts, bloodguilty, boatbuilder, conductible, contributed, counterbids, distributor, doublethink, dubitations, misbuttoned, misdoubting, moribundity, obnubilated, outbreeding, outbuilding, outdebating, strikebound, subaudition, subdirector, subdominant, subductions, subordinate, tolbutamide, tuberculoid.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Outbid


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4F 75 74 62 69 64

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001111 01110101 01110100 01100010 01101001 01100100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

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ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004F 0075 0074 0062 0069 0064

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

498786687570

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Non-English Dictionaries with "Outbid"

LanguageCoverageLanguage Translations

Albanian

fjalor, qartësi, përcaktim, saktësi, transmetim, transferimshqip, ‏الألبانية, ‏الألباني, албанец, албански език, албански, albánský, albanialainen, Albanais, albaner, αλβανικόσ, Αλβανός, αλβανόσ, albán, albanese, Albaneagh, albanês, arnãut, albanez, arnãuţesc, албанский, albanski, albanac, albanés, alban, Arnavut, албанський, албанка, албанець

Arabic

‏معجم, ‏قاموس, ‏الوضوحية في الشيء, ‏حد, ‏تحديد, ‏تعريف, ‏التحديد, ‏الإيضاحية, ‏ترجمة من لغة أجنبية للغة الأم, ‏ترجمة, ‏إفتتانarabishte, ‏العربية, ‏عربي, ‏اللغة العربية, арабски език, арабски, arabský, arabština, arabialainen, arabe, arabisch, αραβικόσ, ערבית, ערבי, arab, arabo, Arabish, arabic, арабский, arapski, árabe, arabisk, าษาหรืออักขระอาหรับ, เกี่ยวกับอาระเบีย, arapça, arap, araplara özgü, арабська мова, арабський

Bulgarian

речник, яснота, сила, очертания, дефиниция, транслация, превеждане, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, огъване, преводbulgr, ‏البلغارية, ‏بلغاري, български, български език, българин, bulharský, bulgarialainen, bulgare, 'ούλγαρος, bolgár, bulgaro, Bulgeyragh, Bulgeyrish, болгарский, болгарин, bugarski jezik, bugarski, bugarka, bugarin, búlgaro, bulgar, bulgaristan ile ilgili, болгарський

Czech

slovník, definice, překladçek, ‏تشيكي, ‏اللغة التشيكوسلوفاكية, ‏التشيكي أحد أبناء تشيكوسلوفاكيا, чешки, èesky, èeské, èech, èeština, èeský, èeška, t?ekkiläinen, tchèque, Tscheche, tschechisch, Tschechin, Τσέχος, cseh, ceco, Sheckagh, Sheckish, ceh, чешский, češki jezik, čeh, češki, checo, tjeck, Çek, çekoslovakyalı kimse, çekoslovakyalı, çek dili, чех, чеська мова, чеський, чешка

Finnish

määritelmä, translaatio, taajuusmuutosfinlandez, finlandishte, finlandisht, ‏اللغة الفنلندية, ‏فنلندية, ‏فنلندي, фински език, фински, finský, suomi, suomalainen, finnois, Finlandaise, finlandais, finnisch, φινλανδικόσ, פי י, finn, finlandese, Fynlannish, Fynlannagh, finlandês, finês, finlandezã, финский, finski jezik, finski, finlandés, finés, finsk, fince, finlandiya'ya özgü, фінська мова, фінський

French

dictionnaire, définition, traductionfrëngjishte, frëng, franceze, ‏اللغة الفرنسية, ‏فرنسي, ‏الشعب الفرنسي, френски език, френски, francouzský, francouzština, ranskalainen, français, französisch, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, γάλλοσ, צרפתית, צרפתי, francia, francese, Ny Frangee, Mooinjey ny Frank, francês, francezii, franţuzesc, francezã, francez, franţuzeşte, французский, francuski jezik, francuski, francuzi, francés, fransk, franska, fransızca, fransız, Fransiz, fransızca ile ilgili, fransa ile ilgili, французька мова, французький

German

wörterbuch, Übersetzunggjerman, ‏ضرب من الرقص, ‏جرماني, ‏الماني, ‏اللغة الألمانية, ‏المانية, германски, немски език, немски, немец, роден, готически, германец, nìmec, nìmecký, saksalainen, allemand, deutsch, Deutsche, "ερμανός, 'רמ ית, 'רמ י, német, tedesco, Germaanish, Germaanagh, Garmane, Carmane, alemão, neamţ, немецкий, germanski, alemán, tysk, าษาเยอรมัน, เยอรมัน, alman, німкеня, німецький, німець

Greek

λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση‏يوناني, ‏اللغة اليونانية, ‏الإغريقي, гръцки език, гръцки, грък, řek, řecký, řeètina, kreikkalainen, grec, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, יו ית, יו י, görög, greco, Greagish, Greagagh, grego, greacã, греческий, грек, grčki, grk, grčki jezik, griego, grek, yunanistan'a ait, yunanca, yunan, Yunanli, yunanlı, Rumca, rum, грецький, гречанка, грецька мова

Hebrew

אוצר מילים, "'"ר", "'בל", תור'מ ות, תר'ום, "עתק", "עתקhebraishte, ‏اليهودية, ‏اللغة العبرية, ‏يهودي, ‏عبري, ‏العبرية, иврит, староеврейски език, древен жител на юдея, юдейски, израилтянин, евреин, староеврейски, юдей, hebrejský, hebrejec, hebrejka, hebrejština, juutalainen, hébreu, hebräisch, Hebräer, εβραϊκόσ, εβραϊκά, εβραίοσ, עברי, עברית, zsidó, héber, izraelita, ebreo, ebraico, Ewagh, Ewnish, Ew, hebreu, hebraico, limba ebraicã, izraelit, evreu, evreiesc, ebraic, еврей, древнееврейский язык, древнееврейский, еврейский, hibru, hebreo, jude, hebreiska, hebreisk, ชาวฮิบรู (ปัจจุบันคือประเทศอิสราเอลและปาเลสไตน์), าษาฮิบรู (ปัจจุบันคือประเทศอิสราเอลและปาเลสไตน์), musevi, ibranice, ibrani, іудей, іврит, старо"врейська мова, старо"врейський, "врейський, "врей

Hungarian

szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás‏مجري, ‏المجري, ‏الهنغاري, ‏هنغاري, ‏اللغة الهنغارية, унгарски език, унгарски, унгарец, maïarský, maïarština, maïar, unkarilainen, hongrois, Ungar, Ούγγρος, "ו 'רי, magyar, ungherese, Ungaarish, Ungaaragh, unguresc, limba ungarã, limba maghiarã, ungureşte, ungur, maghiar, венгр, венгерский, mađarski jezik, mađarski, mađar, húngaro, ungrare, ชาวฮังการี, macarca, macar, угорська мова, угорський, угорка, угорець

Indonesian

indonezian, ‏الماليزي أحد أبناء ماليزيا, ‏اللغة الأندونيسية, индонезийски език, индонезийски, indonéština, indonéský, indonésan, indonesialainen, indonésien, Indonesier, Ινδονήσιος, indonéz, indonesiano, Indoneesagh, indonésio, indonésia, индонезийский, индонезиец, indonezijski, indonežanin, indonesio, endonezya'ya ait, endonezyalı, endonezya dili, endonezya, індонезі"ць, індонезійська мова, індонезійський, індонезійка

Italian

dizionario, definizione, traduzione‏الإيطالي, ‏اللغة الإيطالية, ‏إيطالي, ‏شخص إيطالي, италиански език, италиански, италианец, italský, italština, ital, italialainen, italien, italienisch, Ιταλός, איטלקית, איטלקי, olasz, italiano, Iddaalish, italienesc, italieneşte, italian, italianã, итальянский язык, итальянец, итальянский, italijan, italijanski jezik, italijanski, italiensk, italienska, italienare, ชาวอิตาลี, เกี่ยวกับอิตาลี, าษาอิตาลี, italyanca, italyan, італі"ць, італійська мова, італійський, італійка

Manx

fockleyr, geyrid, meenaghey, keeayllaght, baghtgjuha e popullsisë së ishullit men, manština, manský, manx, mann-szigeti nyelv, Manninish, Manninagh, Gaelgagh, Yn Ghaelg, язык жителей о-ва мэн, с о-ва мэн, s ostrva mana, los habitantes de la isla de man, lengua de la isla de man, de la isla de man, från ön man, man adası, man dili, менський, менський діалект

Portuguese

dicionário, definição, traduçãoportugez, portugalisht, ‏اللغة البرتغالية, ‏البرتغالية, ‏البرتغالي, португалски, португалски език, португалец, portugalský, portugalilainen, portugais, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portugál, portoghese, Portiugish, Portiugagh, português, portughez, португальский, portugalski jezik, portugalac, portugalski, portugués, portugis, portekizce, portekiz, Portekízlí, portekizli, португальський, португальська мова, португалець

Romanian

dicţionar, definiţie, determinare, definire, translaţie, traducere, tãlmãcirerumun, румънски език, румънски, румънец, rumunský, rumunština, romanialainen, Roumain, rumäne, ρουμανόσ, Ρουμάνος, román, rumeno, Roomainagh, romeno, român, румынский, румын, rumunski jezik, rumunski, rumano, rumänsk, румунський, румунка, румунська мова, румун

Russian

словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение‏روسي, ‏اللغة الروسية, ‏الروسية, руски език, руски, руснак, ruština, ruský, venäläinen, Russe, russisch, Ρώσος, רוסי, orosz, russo, Rooshish, Rooshagh, русский, ruski jezik, ruski, ruso, ryss, ชาวรัสเซีย, Rusça, росіянка, росіянин, російська мова, російський

Serbo-Croatian

leksikon, rečnik, definicija, tumačenjeserbokroatisch, servo-croata, sârbo-croat, srpsko-hrvatski jezik, srpsko-hrvatski, serbokroatiska, serbokroatisk, เกี่ยวกับ าษาเซอร์เบียและโครเอเชีย, าษาหลักของชาวเซอร์เบียและโครเอเชีย

Spanish

diccionario, definición, traducciónspanjoll, ‏اللغة الأسبانية, ‏الأسبانية, ‏أسباني, испански език, испански, španìlský, španìlština, espanjalainen, espagnol, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, ספר"ית, ספר"י, spanyol, spagnolo, Spaainish, Spaainagh, espanhol, spaniol, spaniolesc, spanioleşte, испанский, španski, španski jezik, español, spanska språk, spansk, ispanyollar, ispanyol, ispanyolca, іспанський, іспанська мова

Swedish

ordbok, lexikon, definition, översättningsuedez, ‏اللغة السويدية, шведски, шведски език, швед, švédský, švédština, ruotsalainen, suédois, schwedisch, σουηδικόσ, σουηδικά, svéd, svedese, Soolynish, Soolynagh, шведский, švedski jezik, švedski, sueco, svensk, เกี่ยวกับคน าษาและวั'นธรรมของประเทศสวีเ"น, isveççe, isveç dili, isveç, Ísveçlí, шведська мова, шведський

Thai

พจนานุกรมthaimaalainen, Thaïlandais, thailändisch, Thailänder, Ταϊλανδός· Ταϊλανδέζος, tailandese, tailandês, tailandés, thailändare, าษาไทย, เกี่ยวกับคนไทย, ที่เกี่ยวกับประเทศไทย, คนไทย, Tayland, Taylandlı, Tayland Dili, Tai Dili, Та"ць, Тайська Мова, Тайський

Turkish

sözlük, ansiklopedik sözlük, açıklama, belirleme, belirtme, kesinleştirme, tanım, tarif, seçiklik, tanımlama, tercümeturk, ‏تركي أحد أبناء تركيا, ‏اللغة التركية, турски език, турски, turecký, tureètina, turkkilainen, turque, türkisch, τούρκικοσ, טורקי, török, Yn Turkish, Turkagh, turcesc, turc, турецкий, turski jezik, turski, turco, turkisk, türkçe, türk, турецький, турецька мова

Ukranian

словник, довідник, чіткість, тлумачення, виразність, визначення, дефініція, ясність, чітка чутність, процес перекладу, переклад, пояснення, переміщення

English

Dictionary, Definition, Translationanglezët, anglez, gjuhë zngleze, anglishte, anglisht, ‏الإنجليزية, ‏الأنكليزي, ‏إنكليزي, ‏ترجمة إنكليزية, ‏اللغة الإنكليزية, английски език, английски, англичаните, anglicky, englantia, englantilainen, anglais, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, א 'לית, angol, inglese, Sostynagh, Sostnagh, Baarlagh, inglês, englezesc, английский, engleski, englez, engleski jezik, inglés, engelsk, เกี่ยวกับประเทศอังกฤษ, ชาวอังกฤษ, าษาอังกฤษ, ingiltere, ingiliz, Íngílízce, ingilizce, Íngílíz, ýngilizce, англійський, англійці, англійська мова
 


INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Quotations: Non-fiction
5. Usage Frequency
6. Expressions: Internet
7. Translations: Modern
8. Derivations
9. Rhymes
10. Anagrams
11. Orthography
12. Bibliography


  

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