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sold

sold
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [sohld]
    • /soʊld/
    • /səʊld/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [sohld]
    • /soʊld/

Definitions of sold word

  • verb sold simple past tense and past participle of sell1 . 1
  • verb with object sold to transfer (goods) to or render (services) for another in exchange for money; dispose of to a purchaser for a price: He sold the car to me for $1000. 1
  • verb with object sold to deal in; keep or offer for sale: He sells insurance. This store sells my favorite brand. 1
  • verb with object sold to make a sale or offer for sale to: He'll sell me the car for $1000. 1
  • verb with object sold to persuade or induce (someone) to buy something: The salesman sold me on a more expensive model than I wanted. 1
  • verb with object sold to persuade or induce someone to buy (something): The clerk really sold the shoes to me by flattery. 1

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Origin of sold

First appearance:

before 900
One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English sellen (v.), Old English sellan orig., to give, hence, give up (someone) to an enemy, betray, exchange for money; cognate with Old Norse selja, Low German sellen, Gothic saljan to give up, sell, orig., to cause to take; akin to Greek heleîn to take

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Parts of speech for Sold

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

sold popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 90% 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".

sold usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for sold

adj sold

  • all in — If you say that you are all in, you mean that you are extremely tired.
  • far gone — departed; left.
  • far-gone — remote.
  • in hock — If someone is in hock, they are in debt.
  • interested — having an interest in something; concerned: Interested members will meet at noon.

noun sold

  • big board — the quotation board in the New York Stock Exchange
  • chicaned — Simple past tense and past participle of chicane.
  • exchange — Give something and receive something of the same kind in return.
  • jived — swing music or early jazz.

verb sold

  • auctioned — Also called public sale. a publicly held sale at which property or goods are sold to the highest bidder.
  • bargained — Simple past tense and past participle of bargain.
  • commercialized — spoiled by commercial exploitation; degraded
  • dunned — to make repeated and insistent demands upon, especially for the payment of a debt.
  • fetched — damned: Jim beat up every fetched one of them.

adjective sold

Antonyms for sold

adj sold

  • bought — Bought is the past tense and past participle of buy.

verb sold

  • leased — Simple past tense and past participle of lease.

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