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- [bawt]
- /bɔt/
- /bɔːt/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [bawt]
- /bɔt/
Definitions of bought word
- noun bought Bought is the past tense and past participle of buy. 3
- adjective bought purchased from a shop; not homemade 3
- abbreviation BOUGHT buy 3
- abbreviation BOUGHT boughten 3
- verb bought simple past tense and past participle of buy. 1
- adjective bought South Midland and Southern U.S. store-bought. 1
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Origin of bought
First appearance:
before 1000 One of the 6% oldest English words
before 1000; Middle English byen, variant of byggen, buggen, Old English bycgan; cognate with Old Saxon buggjan, Gothic bugjan to buy, Old Norse byggja to lend, rent
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Parts of speech for Bought
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
bought popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 82% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
bought usage trend in Literature
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Antonyms for bought
Top questions with bought
- who bought budweiser?
- who bought time warner?
- who bought time warner cable?
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