单词 | outbid |
释义 | outbidv.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). ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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). < v.c1300 |
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