auction
verb/ˈɔːkʃn/, /ˈɒkʃn/
/ˈɔːkʃn/
[usually passive]Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they auction | /ˈɔːkʃn/, /ˈɒkʃn/ /ˈɔːkʃn/ |
| he / she / it auctions | /ˈɔːkʃnz/, /ˈɒkʃnz/ /ˈɔːkʃnz/ |
| past simple auctioned | /ˈɔːkʃnd/, /ˈɒkʃnd/ /ˈɔːkʃnd/ |
| past participle auctioned | /ˈɔːkʃnd/, /ˈɒkʃnd/ /ˈɔːkʃnd/ |
| -ing form auctioning | /ˈɔːkʃənɪŋ/, /ˈɒkʃənɪŋ/ /ˈɔːkʃənɪŋ/ |
- to sell something at an auction
- be auctioned The costumes from the movie are to be auctioned for charity.
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from Latin auctio(n-) ‘increase, auction’, from the verb augere ‘to increase’.Definitions on the go
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