buy
To obtain in exchange for money or goodsTo obtain (something) in exchange for money or goods.
» I bought a pair of shoes.
Ich habe ein Paar Schuhe gekauft.
Я купил пару туфель.
Я купив пару взуття.
Я купила пару взуття.
Я купив пару туфель.
Я купила пару туфель.
Meaning
8 senses(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
(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
(transitive)To bribe.
He tried to buy me with gifts, but I wouldn't give up my beliefs.
(transitive)To be equivalent to in value.
The dollar doesn't buy as much as it used to.
(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
(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.
(slang, transitive)To make a bluff, usually a large one.
Smith tried to buy the pot on the river with a huge bluff.
(archaic, transitive)To suffer consequences for (something) through being deprived of something; to pay for (something one has done).
Examples
16564 sentencesI bought a pair of shoes.
Я купив пару взуття.
ruЯ купил пару туфель.
deIch habe ein Paar Schuhe gekauft.
We bought a pound of tea.
Ми купили фунт чаю.
ruМы купили фунт чая.
deWir kauften ein Pfund Tee.
Where can I buy a ticket?
Де я можу купити квиток?
ruГде я могу купить билет?
deWo kann ich ein Ticket kaufen?
What did you buy it for?
Навіщо ти це купив?
ruЗачем вы это купили?
deWofür hast du es gekauft?
I bought a round-trip ticket.
Я купив квиток туди і назад.
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 2
By meaning 2
Origin
From Middle English byen, from Old English bycġan (“to buy, pay for, acquire, redeem, ransFrom 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”).
Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Forms
buys, buying, bought, boughtPhrasal verbs
8 phrasal verbs- buy offвартуватиTo pay off, convince to refrain etc. by corrupt payment or other service.
- buy upTo buy the whole of; to purchase the entire stock of something.
- buy outTo purchase the entire stock or extent of something
- buy inTo accept an idea as valid; to join in on a concept.
- buy downTo reduce a mortgage interest rate by means of a buydown.
- buy backTo purchase (something already sold, misplaced, destroyed, or given away).
- buy overTo gain the support of (a person) through bribery.
- buy intoTo believe (something, especially something implausible); to accept (a craze, fad, or notion) as valid.
Synonyms
14 synonyms- obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction:purchase
- make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence:bribecorruptgrease one's palms
Antonyms
9 antonymsWord family
51 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A2Shopping and money — Because the lesson uses it
- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
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