Meaning

3 senses

  1. (intransitive)To make an excessively high offer to pay or accept a price.

  2. (transitive)To outbid.

  3. (intransitive)To announce a goal, before starting play, that exceeds the goal actually achieved.

More definitions
  • bid more than the object is worth
  • to bid for more tricks than one can expect to win

Forms

overbids, overbidding, overbid, overbid
Base formoverbid · to overbid
3rd person singularoverbids
Present participleoverbidding
Past simpleoverbid
Past participleoverbid

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyoverbid
he, she, itoverbids

Past simpleLesson

all personsoverbid

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill overbid

Antonyms

1 antonyms
underbid

Word family

1 related words
Derivedoverbidder

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
overallB2overbearoverboardB2overbookB2
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