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.
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/aʊtˈbɪd/
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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