Transcription
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [bahy it]
- /baɪ ɪt/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [bahy it]
- /baɪ ɪt/
Definitions of buy it words
- noun buy it to die; specif., to be killed 3
- verb with object buy it to acquire the possession of, or the right to, by paying or promising to pay an equivalent, especially in money; purchase. 1
- verb with object buy it to acquire by exchange or concession: to buy favor with flattery. 1
- verb with object buy it to hire or obtain the services of: The Yankees bought a new center fielder. 1
- verb with object buy it to bribe: Most public officials cannot be bought. 1
- verb with object buy it to be the monetary or purchasing equivalent of: Ten dollars buys less than it used to. 1
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Origin of buy it
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 Buy it
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adjective
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pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
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buy it popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 99% 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".
buy it usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for buy it
verb buy it
- quit — to stop, cease, or discontinue: She quit what she was doing to help me paint the house.
- finish — to bring (something) to an end or to completion; complete: to finish a novel; to finish breakfast.
- depart — When something or someone departs from a place, they leave it and start a journey to another place.
- conclude — If you conclude that something is true, you decide that it is true using the facts you know as a basis.
- die — When people, animals, and plants die, they stop living.
Antonyms for buy it
verb buy it
- commence — When something commences or you commence it, it begins.
- create — To create something means to cause it to happen or exist.
- inhale — to breathe in; draw in by breathing: to inhale the polluted air.
- come — When a person or thing comes to a particular place, especially to a place where you are, they move there.
- stay — (of a ship) to change to the other tack.