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OVERBID

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Irregular inflected forms: overbidden    , overbidding   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

(bridge) a bid that is higher than your opponent's bid (especially when your partner has not bid at all and your bid exceeds the value of your hand)

Synonyms:

overbid; overcall

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("overbid" is a kind of...):

bid; bidding ((bridge) the number of tricks a bridge player is willing to contract to make)

Domain category:

bridge (any of various card games based on whist for four players)

Derivation:

overbid (to bid for more tricks than one can expect to win,)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A bid that is higher than preceding bids

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("overbid" is a kind of...):

bid; tender (a formal proposal to buy at a specified price)

Derivation:

overbid (to bid for more tricks than one can expect to win,)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Bid more than the object is worth

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "overbid" is one way to...):

bid; offer; tender (propose a payment)

Domain category:

auction; auction sale; vendue (the public sale of something to the highest bidder)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Antonym:

underbid (bid too low)

Sense 2

Meaning:

To bid for more tricks than one can expect to win,

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "overbid" is one way to...):

bid; call (make a demand, as for a card or a suit or a show of hands)

Domain category:

bridge (any of various card games based on whist for four players)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

overbid ((bridge) a bid that is higher than your opponent's bid (especially when your partner has not bid at all and your bid exceeds the value of your hand))

overbid (a bid that is higher than preceding bids)

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