Meanings
present singular third person outbids · participle present outbidding · past outbidded · participle past outbidded · participle past outbidden
- transitiveTo bid more than (somebody else) in an auction.
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 651 more example
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
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*úd
- Proto-Germanic*ūt
- Proto-Germanic*ūt-
- Old Englishūt-
- Middle Englishut-
- Englishout-
- Englishbid
- Englishoutbid
Translations
Arabic زَايَدَ
- زَايَدَ (zāyada)to bid more than somebody else
Bulgarian наддавам
- наддавам (naddavam)to bid more than somebody else
Dutch overbieden
- overbiedento bid more than somebody else
Finnish tarjota enemmän, ylittää tarjous
- tarjota enemmänto bid more than somebody else
- ylittää tarjousto bid more than somebody else
French surenchérir
- surenchérirto bid more than somebody else
German überbieten
- überbietento bid more than somebody else
Hungarian rálicitál
- rálicitálto bid more than somebody else
Latin adiciō
- adiciōto bid more than somebody else
Polish przelicytować, przelicytowywać
- przelicytowaćto bid more than somebody else
- przelicytowywaćto bid more than somebody else
Portuguese em leilão, concorrência ou licitação
- em leilãoto bid more than somebody else
- concorrência ou licitaçãoto bid more than somebody else
Romanian supralicita
- supralicitato bid more than somebody else
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with outbid
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Cite this entry
outbid. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outbid
“outbid.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outbid. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “outbid,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outbid.
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