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单词 outbid
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outbidv.

Brit. /ˌaʊtˈbɪd/, U.S. /ˌaʊtˈbɪd/
Inflections: Present participle outbidding; past tense and past participle outbid;
Forms: see out- prefix and bid v.1
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: out- prefix, bid v.1
Etymology: < out- prefix + bid v.1The word apparently became obsolete in the Middle English period and was re-formed in the late 16th cent.
1. transitive. To summon out, to muster (an army) for war. Obsolete.
ΚΠ
c1300 Havelok (Laud) (1868) 2548 (MED) He dide sone ferd ut bidde, Þat al þat euere mouhte o stede Ride..oþer wepne bere..sholden comen him to.
2. transitive. To outdo (another or others) in bidding or offering a price; to offer a higher price than (a rival bidder).
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society > trade and finance > buying > buy [verb (transitive)] > bid for or offer to buy > outbid
outproffera1513
outbid1587
overbid1645
underbid1677
1587 W. Harrison Hist. Descr. Iland Brit. (new ed.) ii. xviii. 203/2 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) I One of them doo commonlie vse to out bid another.
1622 G. de Malynes Consuetudo 410 So by outbidding the other, oftentimes to raise the wares.
1741 C. Middleton Hist. Life Cicero I. v. 342 He..bought the house..by outbidding all who offered for it.
1787 N.Y. Packet 14 Dec. In order to furnish the quotas required of them, they outbid each other till bounties grew to an enormous and insupportable size.
1840 F. Marryat Poor Jack viii. 47 ‘Dip my head in the mud for sixpence, sir?’ would one of us cry out; and then he would be outbid by another.
1901 A. Lang in Blackwood's Mag. Oct. 490/1 The late Mr. Quaritch outbid me for the only copy of Lautier I ever saw.
1993 Empire Aug. 90/1 It's boom time in Hollywood, with Columbia Pictures outbidding the competition to the record tune of $1.2 million for Radio Flyer.
3. figurative.
a. transitive. Of a person: to outdo or offer more than (another); to surpass (another) in any quality, attribute, act, etc.
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the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > outdoing or surpassing > outdo or surpass [verb (transitive)]
overstyeOE
overshinec1175
overgoc1225
passc1225
surmountc1369
forpassc1374
overmatcha1375
overpassa1382
to pass overa1393
overcomec1400
outpass?a1425
exceedc1425
precedec1425
superexcelc1429
transcendc1430
precel?a1439
outcut1447
overgrowc1475
to come over ——a1479
excel1493
overleapa1500
vanquish1533
outweigh1534
prevent1540
better1548
preferc1550
outgo1553
surpassa1555
exsuperate1559
cote1566
overtop1567
outrun1575
outstrip1579
outsail1580
overruna1586
pre-excel1587
outbid1589
outbrave1589
out-cote1589
top1590
outmatch1593
outvie1594
superate1595
surbravec1600
oversile1608
over-height1611
overstride1614
outdoa1616
outlustrea1616
outpeera1616
outstrikea1616
outrival1622
antecede1624
out-top1624
antecell1625
out-pitch1627
over-merit1629
outblazea1634
surmatch1636
overdoa1640
overact1643
outact1644
worst1646
overspana1657
outsoar1674
outdazzle1691
to cut down1713
ding1724
to cut out1738
cap1821
by-pass1848
overtower1850
pretergress1851
outray1876
outreach1879
cut1884
outperform1937
outrate1955
one-up1963
1589 W. Warner Albions Eng. (new ed.) vi. xxxiii. 144 He..that would not be out-bid For courage.
1642 D. Rogers Naaman 142 Our out-bidding the Lords owne asking, is no marke of our selfe-deniall.
1853 J. F. W. Herschel Pop. Lect. Sci. (1873) ii. §5. 52 He was outbid by Anaximander, who said it was twenty-eight times as large as the earth.
1943 Times 9 June 5/6 Marcel Déat..outbidding Laval in the ardour of his collaborationism, continues to support..the existing administration.
1984 A. Brookner Hotel du Lac (1985) iii. 48 When the sisters found each other again,..it was to outbid each other with stories of horrific boredom.
b. transitive. Of a thing: to surpass in value or strength, or in some characteristic; to exceed the capacity or capability of, to overpower.
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the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > worth > [verb (transitive)] > surpass in value
value1528
out-prize1576
overprize1593
outvalue1600
overvalue1608
outbid1642
1642 D. Rogers Naaman 392 As much as Crownes or Royalls outbid brasse farthings.
1671 J. Allen Dedham Pulpit 20 From the unspeakable, unconceivable and excellent worth of this peace, it will outbid all other things in the world.
1842 H. Taylor Edwin the Fair iv. iv, in Wks. (1864) II. 103 If thy lust of kingly power Outbid thine other lusts, and starken thee In grasping of that shadow of a sceptre That still is left thee.
1868 H. W. Longfellow Let. 14 Aug. in S. Longfellow Life H. W. Longfellow (1886) II. xxiii. 448 Switzerland..outbids the imagination by its grandeurs and perpetual surprises.
1911 Contemp. Rev. Sept. 383 Berlin is outbidding Paris in its sexual immorality.
a1978 S. T. Warner One Thing leading to Another (1985) 150 Spoil tips defaced the meadows where fairies had danced mushrooms into rings, the glare of a smelting furnace outbid the moon.
4. transitive. To overestimate, overrate. Obsolete.
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the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > misjudgement > misjudge [verb (transitive)] > over-estimate or overvalue
to make much (also little, nothing, too much, etc.) of (or on)c1395
to make of (also on)c1449
to make fair weather of1537
over-reckon1537
overmind1571
overween1588
overprize?1589
overcount1593
overvalue1597
overrate1599
wondernize1599
overhold1609
over-cess1611
overweight1613
overthinka1618
over-title1620
overcast1622
overmeasure1625
over-sum1628
overesteema1639
overproportion1642
outbid1688
overcharge1711
overestimate1797
overreach1822
overplay1835
maximize1866
maximate1881
out-reckon1898
fetishize1934
1688 T. Shadwell Squire of Alsatia v. i. 84 You do me too much Honour, you much out-bid my Value.
1702 N. Rowe Ambitious Step-mother (ed. 2) i. i. 260 You out-bid my Service; And all returns are vile, but words the poorest.

Derivatives

outˈbidding n. and adj.
ΘΚΠ
society > trade and finance > buying > [noun] > bidding or offering to buy > at a lower or higher price
outbidding1608
underbidding1642
the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > outdoing or surpassing > [adjective]
excellentc1384
transcending1528
surpassingc1580
excellinga1586
overmatching1590
transcendent1598
overmatchful1609
outdoing1679
outvying1757
outbidding1830
1608 T. Dekker Lanthorne & Candle-light sig. I2v They that stand by and Conycatche the Chapman either with Out-Bidding, False-Praises &c. are called Goades.
1830 J. W. Croker in Croker Papers (1884) II. xv. 86 The..out-bidding spirit of a tyro at the auction for popularity.
1992 Today (BNC) Dec. The last-minute outbidding by opportunist builders is costing ordinary buyers a small fortune in lost fees.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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