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überbieten — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • exceed verb To be greater than, or go beyond, a certain amount or limit.
  • outbid verb To offer a higher amount than another bidder at an auction or in a competitive sale.
  • surpass verb To do better than, or go beyond, someone or something.

Senses

überbieten is used for these senses in English:

  • exceed (transitive) To be better than (something).
  • exceed (transitive) To go beyond (some limit); to surpass; to be longer than.
  • outbid (transitive) To bid more than (somebody else) in an auction.
  • surpass (transitive) To go beyond or exceed (something) in an adjudicative or literal sense.

exceed — full definition

  1. verb To be greater than, or go beyond, a certain amount or limit.
  2. verb To surpass or do better than something else.

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