noun
Meaning 1
An excessively high offer to pay or accept a price.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
overbid
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Pronunciation
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ōʹvə-bĭd'
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/ˈəʊvəˌbɪd/
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ōʹvər-bĭd'
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/ˈoʊvɚˌbɪd/
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rhymes with -ɪd
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ō'və-bĭdʹ
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/ˌəʊvəˈbɪd/
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ō'vər-bĭdʹ
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/ˌoʊvɚˈbɪd/
noun
Meaning 2
The announcement of a goal, before starting play, that exceeds the goal actually achieved.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: card-games, games
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verb
Meaning 3
To make an excessively high offer to pay or accept a price.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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verb
Meaning 4
To outbid.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
Meaning 5
To announce a goal, before starting play, that exceeds the goal actually achieved.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Topics: card-games, games
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verb
Meaning 6
simple past and past participle of overbide
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, participle, past
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noun
Meaning 7
(bridge) a bid that is higher than your opponent's bid (especially when your partner has not bid at all and your bid exceeds the value of your hand)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: overcall
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: bid, bidding
noun
Meaning 8
a bid that is higher than preceding bids
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: bid, tender
verb
Meaning 9
bid more than the object is worth
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: underbid
Broader terms: offer, bid, tender
verb
Meaning 10
to bid for more tricks than one can expect to win,
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: bid, call
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English bid English overbid From over- + bid.