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sold

verb

Form of sell , past tense and past participle of sell.

Simple meaning

To promote a product or service.

Pronunciation

Say it like this:

sohld
US recording
IPA pronunciation (US)

ˈsoʊld

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Word Review

Definition

Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.

verb

  1. To promote a product or service.

  2. To promote a particular viewpoint.

  3. past tense and past participle of sell

    Exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent

  4. past tense and past participle of selltransitiveditransitiveintransitive

    To transfer goods or provide services in exchange for money.

  5. To trick, cheat, or manipulate someone.

  6. To betray for money.

Word at a Glance

Difficulty
A1 · Beginner (estimated)
Frequency
Very Common
Typical Use
Everyday English

Word Aura™

How this word commonly comes across.

Aura for this meaning

This meaning: To promote a product or service.

Used this way, sold is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It usually sounds natural in a wide range of settings.

Emotional tone
Neutral
Formality
Neutral
Intensity
Not strongly marked
How common
Moderately common
Connotation
No strong connotation
Usage feel
Neutral and straightforward

Word Aura describes common impressions, not a measurement. Tone changes with sentence, speaker, relationship and situation.

More ways to use sold

  • “This merchandise is sold.”adjective

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Word Family

Related forms, grouped by how they connect.

Inflected forms

Grammatical variations of the same word.

  • solderverbInflected form

    Join or fuse with solder.

Word family

Words built from the same root.

  • soldiernounPerson or profession

    An enlisted man or woman who serves in an army.

Compound terms

Established multiword terms.

  • soft-solderverbCompound term

    Repair with soft-solder.

  • dip solderverbCompound term

    Solder by immersion in a bath of molten solder.

  • hard soldernounCompound term

    Solder that contains copper.

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