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All the way back in 1999, when I first stumbled upon the idea of a project tracking John Dillinger and Baby Face Nelson and all the major Depression-era bank robbers, I thought the subject was too big to be a single book. Instead, with a friend's help, I pitched the idea as a miniseries to HBO. To my amazement, they bought it.
Bryan Burrough

Meaning of "bought" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF BOUGHT

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BOUGHT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Bought is a verb and can also act as an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb bought in English.

WHAT DOES BOUGHT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Bought

Bought! is an all-talking pre-code drama film produced and released by Warner Bros. and directed by Archie Mayo. The movie stars Constance Bennett, Ben Lyon, Richard Bennett and Dorothy Peterson. The film is based on a novel, entitled Jackdaw's Strut, by Harriet Henry.

Definition of bought in the English dictionary

The definition of bought in the dictionary is purchased from a shop; not homemade.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO BOUGHT

PRESENT

Present
I buy
you buy
he/she/it buys
we buy
you buy
they buy
Present continuous
I am buying
you are buying
he/she/it is buying
we are buying
you are buying
they are buying
Present perfect
I have bought
you have bought
he/she/it has bought
we have bought
you have bought
they have bought
Present perfect continuous
I have been buying
you have been buying
he/she/it has been buying
we have been buying
you have been buying
they have been buying
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I bought
you bought
he/she/it bought
we bought
you bought
they bought
Past continuous
I was buying
you were buying
he/she/it was buying
we were buying
you were buying
they were buying
Past perfect
I had bought
you had bought
he/she/it had bought
we had bought
you had bought
they had bought
Past perfect continuous
I had been buying
you had been buying
he/she/it had been buying
we had been buying
you had been buying
they had been buying
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will buy
you will buy
he/she/it will buy
we will buy
you will buy
they will buy
Future continuous
I will be buying
you will be buying
he/she/it will be buying
we will be buying
you will be buying
they will be buying
Future perfect
I will have bought
you will have bought
he/she/it will have bought
we will have bought
you will have bought
they will have bought
Future perfect continuous
I will have been buying
you will have been buying
he/she/it will have been buying
we will have been buying
you will have been buying
they will have been buying
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would bought
you would bought
he/she/it would bought
we would bought
you would bought
they would bought
Conditional continuous
I would be buying
you would be buying
he/she/it would be buying
we would be buying
you would be buying
they would be buying
Conditional perfect
I would have bought
you would have bought
he/she/it would have bought
we would have bought
you would have bought
they would have bought
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been buying
you would have been buying
he/she/it would have been buying
we would have been buying
you would have been buying
they would have been buying
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you buy
we let´s buy
you buy
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to buy
Past participle
bought
Present Participle
buying
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BOUGHT


airport
ˈɛəˌpɔːt
brought
brɔːt
caught
kɔːt
court
kɔːt
export
ˈɛkspɔːt
fort
fɔːt
forte
fɔːt
import
ɪmˈpɔːt
ort
ɔːt
ought
ɔːt
port
pɔːt
Porte
pɔːt
report
rɪˈpɔːt
resort
rɪˈzɔːt
short
ʃɔːt
sort
sɔːt
sport
spɔːt
support
səˈpɔːt
thought
θɔːt
transport
trænsˈpɔːt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BOUGHT

boudoir grand
bouffant
bouffe
Bougainville
bougainvillea
bouge
bouget
bough
boughless
boughpot
boughten
bougie
bouillabaisse
bouilli
bouillon
bouillon cube
bouillotte
bouk
Boulanger
boulder

WORDS THAT END LIKE BOUGHT

aforethought
afterthought
bethought
dreadnought
drought
forethought
fought
free thought
hard-fought
New Thought
nought
overbought
overwrought
rethought
second thought
sought
taught
unsought
unthought
unwrought
wrought

Synonyms and antonyms of bought in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «BOUGHT»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «bought» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of bought

Translation of «bought» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BOUGHT

Find out the translation of bought to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of bought from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «bought» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

买来的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

comprado
570 millions of speakers

English

bought
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

खरीदा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مُشْتَرى
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

купленный
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

comprado
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কেনা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

acheté
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Dibeli
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

gekauft
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

既製の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

구입한
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Tuku
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

được mua
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வாங்கி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

विकत घेतले
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

satın
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

acquistato
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

kupiony
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

куплений
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

cumpărat
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αγορασμένος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

gekoop
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

köpt
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

kjøpt
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of bought

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BOUGHT»

The term «bought» is very widely used and occupies the 3.461 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BOUGHT» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about bought

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10 QUOTES WITH «BOUGHT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word bought.
1
Douglas Adams
To give real service you must add something which cannot be bought or measured with money, and that is sincerity and integrity.
2
Michael Aspel
One of the experts bought his first piece at the age of four, so they did start very young, most of them. They did it out of genuine interest but today's kids are much more materialistic and there's a danger, I suppose, that they might just be out to make dosh.
3
Scott Aukerman
I probably could be a world-class screenwriter by now if I had spent the kind of work I devote on Comedy Death-Ray to that. But I do okay, in that regard. I mean, my stuff gets bought, so it's all right.
4
Scott Baio
One thing I won't be doing on a weekend is shopping. I just don't like it, and I haven't bought an article of clothing for a very long time. I usually just take wardrobe from shows I'm on. It's much easier.
5
Joe Bastianich
My grandparents in Istria had a frasca, which is about the most basic kind of grocery/restaurant. They sold wine from their own vineyard. I took control of the vineyard, hired a local winemaker, and bought another winery in 1996. We had our first commercial vintage in 1998.
6
Malik Bendjelloul
I quit my job. I bought myself a real cheap, like, around-the-world flight ticket, and I went to 16 countries for six months just backpacking, living in cheap hostels, looking for stories with a camera and my ex-girlfriend.
7
Matt Berninger
At first, when 'Boxer' came out, people were a little let down, and we worried that it might be the end for us. But then it began to grow on people. 'Boxer' bought us our creative freedom.
8
Eric Bristow
My dad bought me a dartboard for my 11th birthday, and I became intrigued by the game.
9
Bryan Burrough
All the way back in 1999, when I first stumbled upon the idea of a project tracking John Dillinger and Baby Face Nelson and all the major Depression-era bank robbers, I thought the subject was too big to be a single book. Instead, with a friend's help, I pitched the idea as a miniseries to HBO. To my amazement, they bought it.
10
Amanda Burton
I was on holiday recently and I came home to find that one of the papers here had 'bikini'd' me on the beach. I was wearing a grossly unflattering costume and they had published photographs of me taken from behind. I looked dreadful. I went into our local newsagent and bought up every copy.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BOUGHT»

Discover the use of bought in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to bought and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Better Than Store Bought: A Cookbook
"Authoritative recipes for the foods that most people never knew they could make at home"--Jacket.
Helen Witty, Elizabeth Schneider, 1979
2
Science Bought and Sold: Essays in the Economics of Science
This collection of essays presents an overview of this area.
Philip Mirowski, Esther-Mirjam Sent, 2002
3
Bought: The Greek's Innocent Virgin (Mills & Boon Modern)
A ruthless Greek billionaire.
Sarah Morgan, 2010
4
Bought: Destitute yet Defiant
Silvio Brianza dragged himself out of the slums, but his scars run deep.
Sarah Morgan, 2010
5
Mistress Bought and Paid For (Mills & Boon M&B) (Mistress to ...
Lynne Graham. Even the slightest movement made her aware of a host of little aches and tender places that she would sooner not have been reminded about. She had not expected the stab of pain that had betrayed her inexperience. She had ...
Lynne Graham, 2011
6
Bought with Blood: The Divine Exchange at the Cross
Because Jesus endured all the evil due to humankind, believers can actually partake in all the good due to him. In this meaty book, acclaimed scholar Derek Prince explores the astounding results of the atonement for followers of Christ.
Derek Prince, 2007
7
A Freedom Bought with Blood: African American War Literature ...
In the first comprehensive study of African American war literature, Jennifer James analyzes fiction, poetry, autobiography, and histories about the major wars waged before the desegregation of the U.S. military in 1948.
Jennifer C. James, 2009
8
White Bread: A Social History of the Store-Bought Loaf
As Bobrow-Strain traces the story of bread, from the first factory loaf to the latest gourmet pain au levain, he shows how efforts to champion "good food" reflect dreams of a better society--even as they reinforce stark social hierarchies.
Aaron Bobrow-Strain, 2012
9
Bought by Her Husband
The innocent bride: Victoria was from a poor background, but Greek billionaire Alexei Christou still wanted her.
Sharon Kendrick, 2006
10
We Bought an Island
Evelyn Atkins and her sister Babs were two middle-aged sisters who lived in suburban Surrey and led the humdrum life of so many commuters. Then Evelyn broke her leg and it meant an early retirement from her demanding job.
Evelyn Atkins, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BOUGHT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term bought is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Turner Oxford painting bought by Ashmolean Museum
A museum has completed the fundraising to acquire a painting of Oxford by JMW Turner. The Ashmolean Museum in Oxford was £60,000 short ... «BBC News, Jul 15»
2
Cosby admits he bought drugs to give women for sex
PHILADELPHIA (July 6, 2015) — Bill Cosby admitted in a 2005 deposition that he obtained Quaaludes with the intent of giving them to young ... «Fox 59, Jul 15»
3
Ad agency Sid Lee bought by Japan's Hakuhodo
Another independent Canadian ad agency has sold to a global holding company, in a bid for the kind of broader worldwide presence many ... «The Globe and Mail, Jul 15»
4
Retail Investors Bought Twitter And Apple, Sold Facebook In June
They bought popular names that were moving lower and sold popular names that were moving higher. Among the most popular net buys were ... «Forbes, Jul 15»
5
Someone bought a $70 million Powerball ticket in Missouri
The Missouri Lottery said in a release Monday that one Powerball ticket bought in Missouri matched all six numbers drawn Saturday night to ... «fox2now.com, Jul 15»
6
US media mistakenly reports Queen has bought Manhattan apartment
American journalists have been forced into a u-turn after they mistakenly claimed that The Queen had bought an apartment in Manhattan. «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
7
FBI, DEA, US Army bought spyware from hacked Italian company
Internal documents of the Italian malware maker Hacking Team, leaked online in a hacker attack, show that the FBI, Drug Enforcement Agency ... «RT, Jul 15»
8
Wireline Engineering bought by Impact Selector
IMPACT Selector has bought Aberdeenshire based oil services specialist Wireline Engineering for an undisclosed sum. IMPACT Selector has ... «Herald Scotland, Jul 15»
9
China's central bank just bought stakes in two Italian banks whose …
The Chinese central bank has bought a 2% stake in lenders UniCredit and Monte dei Paschi di Siena, adding to a string of investments in large ... «Business Insider Australia, Jul 15»
10
China's largest insurers bought billions worth of stock on Monday …
Central Huijin, a unit of China's sovereign wealth fund, also announced it had recently bought ETFs and would continue to do so, according to ... «Business Insider Australia, Jul 15»

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