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outbid

verb · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /aʊtˈbɪd/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɪd
  • CMU ARPABET: AW1 T B IH2 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

verb

Meaning 1

To bid more than (somebody else) in an auction.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

bid higher than others

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: underbid

Broader terms: offer, bid, tender

3

verb

Meaning 3

bid over an opponent's bid when one's partner has not bid or doubled

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: bid, call

History

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.

Across languages

Translations

16 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: زَايَدَ (zāyada) — to bid more than somebody else
  • Bulgarian: наддавам (naddavam) — to bid more than somebody else
  • Dutch: overbieden — to bid more than somebody else
  • Finnish: tarjota enemmän — to bid more than somebody else
  • Finnish: ylittää tarjous — to bid more than somebody else
  • French: surenchérir — to bid more than somebody else
  • Galician: poxar — to bid more than somebody else
  • German: überbieten — to bid more than somebody else
  • Hungarian: rálicitál — to bid more than somebody else
  • Ido: superaucionar — to bid more than somebody else
  • Latin: adiciō — to bid more than somebody else
  • Polish: przelicytować — to bid more than somebody else
  • Polish: przelicytowywać — to bid more than somebody else
  • Portuguese: em leilão — to bid more than somebody else
  • Portuguese: concorrência ou licitação — to bid more than somebody else
  • Romanian: supralicita — to bid more than somebody else