Meaning

8 senses
  1. (ditransitive, transitive)To obtain (something) in exchange for money or goods.

    Who'd Father buy the car for? He bought it for me, not for you.

    kaufen

    покупа́тьpokupátʹ, купи́тьkupítʹ

    купува́тиkupuváty, купи́тиkupýty

  2. (ditransitive, transitive)To obtain, especially by some sacrifice.

    I've bought material comfort by foregoing my dreams.

    You just bought yourself an assault charge!

    acquire by trade or sacrifice or exchange

  3. (transitive)To bribe.

    He tried to buy me with gifts, but I wouldn't give up my beliefs.

  4. (transitive)To be equivalent to in value.

    The dollar doesn't buy as much as it used to.

  5. (informal, transitive)To accept as true; to believe

    I'm not going to buy your stupid excuses anymore!

    abkaufen, abnehmen

    ве́ритьvéritʹ, пове́ритьpovéritʹ, ха́ватьxávatʹ

    accept as true

  6. (intransitive)To make a purchase or purchases, to treat (for a drink, meal or gift)

    She buys for Federated.

    Let's go out for dinner. I'm buying.

  7. (slang, transitive)To make a bluff, usually a large one.

    Smith tried to buy the pot on the river with a huge bluff.

  8. (archaic, transitive)To suffer consequences for (something) through being deprived of something; to pay for (something one has done).

Examples

16564 sentences
  1. I bought a pair of shoes.

    Я купив пару взуття.

    ruЯ купил пару туфель.

    deIch habe ein Paar Schuhe gekauft.

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  2. We bought a pound of tea.

    Ми купили фунт чаю.

    ruМы купили фунт чая.

    deWir kauften ein Pfund Tee.

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  3. Where can I buy a ticket?

    Де я можу купити квиток?

    ruГде я могу купить билет?

    deWo kann ich ein Ticket kaufen?

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  4. What did you buy it for?

    Навіщо ти це купив?

    ruЗачем вы это купили?

    deWofür hast du es gekauft?

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  5. I bought a round-trip ticket.

    Я купив квиток туди і назад.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to obtain something with money:
Русский
By meaning 2
to obtain something with money:
to accept as true:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
to obtain something with money:
to accept as true:

Origin

From Middle English byen, from Old English bycġan (“to buy, pay for, acquire, redeem, rans

From Middle English byen, from Old English bycġan (“to buy, pay for, acquire, redeem, ransom, procure, get done, sell”), from Proto-West Germanic *buggjan, from Proto-Germanic *bugjaną (“to buy”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *bʰūgʰ- (“to bend”), or from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewgʰ- (“to take away, deliver”).

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Forms

buys, buying, bought, bought
Base formbuy · to buy
3rd person singularbuys
Present participlebuying
Past simplebought
Past participlebought

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theybuy
he, she, itbuys

Past simpleLesson

all personsbought

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave bought
he, she, ithas bought

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill buy

Phrasal verbs

8 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

14 synonyms
obtain in exchange for money:cheapA2purchaseB2
(intransitive) make a purchase:make a buy
Close in meaning

Antonyms

9 antonyms
obtain in exchange for money:cheapA2sellA1vend

Word family

51 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • to buy a
  • want to buy
  • buy a new
  • money to buy
  • need to buy
  • buy some
  • afford to buy
  • to buy some
  • going to buy
  • buy a house
  • to buy everything
  • buy a car

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
buy — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto