sold

CEFRA1

/səʊld/

verb

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    Past form of sell; exchanged for money.

  2. 02

    verb

    Extra detail

    Convinced, won over.

Examples

  • She sold her car and bought a piano with the proceeds.

  • We arrived at that plan out of pure desperation, but the book sold well.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
4
Parts of speech
1
Citations
3

Also pronounced

  • [sɒʊ(ɫ)d]
  • [soɫd]

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

  1. salary; military pay

  2. simple past and past participle of sell

More examples

In context

  • Shoes are sold in pairs.

  • But were your will her sold to entertaine

  • Lying in campe under sold and pay, fighting as souldiers.

Quick test

Two questions on this entry. Nothing is scored.

Question 1 · Quick check

The car was too old and broken, so the owner finally blank it for parts.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

verb

From Middle English solde, sould, soud, from Middle French solde, Italian soldo. Compare soldier and Danish sold (via Low German). Doublet of sol, soldo, solid, solidus, sou, and xu.