auction
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
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- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a variety of bridge in which tricks made in excess of the contract are scored toward game; now generally superseded by contract bridge
Types & categories
- bridge hypernym
Sense 2 verb
sell at an auction
Types & categories
- sell hypernym
Related & opposite
- auction sale derivation
- auctioneer derivation
- commerce domain topic
Sense 3 noun
the public sale of something to the highest bidder
Types & categories
- sale hypernym
Related & opposite
- auctioneer derivation
- auction derivation
- upset price has domain topic
- bid has domain topic
- by-bid has domain topic
- overbid has domain topic
- underbid has domain topic
- outbid has domain topic
- underbid has domain topic
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | bridge |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | auction sale |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | auctioneer |
| 2 | domain topic | Related & opposite | commerce |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | sell |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | auctioneer |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | auction |
| 3 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | upset price |
| 3 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | bid |
| 3 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | by-bid |
| 3 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | overbid |
| 3 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | underbid |
| 3 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | outbid |
| 3 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | underbid |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | sale |