To make a higher bid at an auction.
Used in a Sentence
pushed
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for pushed.
Editorial note
Because what you plainly stated is often (usually?) not acknowledged, and pushed back against if pointed out.
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Definitions4
Parts of speech1
Quick take
To make a higher bid at an auction.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of pushed gathered in one view.
To burst out of its pot, as a bud or shoot.
(transitive, intransitive) To apply a force to (an object) such that it moves away from the person or thing applying the force.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for pushed.
verb
To make a higher bid at an auction.
verb
To burst out of its pot, as a bud or shoot.
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To apply a force to (an object) such that it moves away from the person or thing applying the force.
verb
(transitive) To continually attempt to persuade (a person) into a particular course of action.
Example sentences
Because what you plainly stated is often (usually?) not acknowledged, and pushed back against if pointed out.
Wouldn't it be ironic if Windows 10 was the final straw that pushed Linux to the desktop?
He says it isn't being pushed because there isn't any industry behind it, but that seems to be begging the question.
It means that once wages are pushed down enough - there is no room for labour to increase demand and thus generate growth ( the thing that drives capitalism ).
In school my professors pushed me to make ridiculous generalizations from my tiny experiments.
I a really suprised someone haven't pushed Uber to the curb, along with their fancy boy app?
So there were conflicts in the userbase, which got pushed onto ISP support.
But all others tend to be pushed by younger and cheaper workforce.
It's a bit ironic that the biggest threat to Google's core business is a mobile operating system that was developed and pushed by itself.
IE pushed many of the technologies that make today's stuff possible.
Or are they just using a local cache that isn't pushed out to CloudFlare because there would be so much churn that pushing to CF wouldn't be a benefit?
France is making a point that there is a legitimate argument to be discussed about things that happen in France not be pushed out to the rest of the planet.
Quote examples
If it's not the case, they know what they want and nobody forcecully "pushed" anything.
How much of the computation should be done "behind" the API, and how much should be pushed onto the API consumers?
We can see from the data, that both men and women were "pushed out" of the field, with men recovering from the drop earlier.
Some of that still exists, but it's being pushed to the margin as click bait, memes, sharable bite-sized content, and "hands off" content has risen to the fore.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use pushed in a sentence?
Because what you plainly stated is often (usually?) not acknowledged, and pushed back against if pointed out.
What does pushed mean?
To make a higher bid at an auction.
What part of speech is pushed?
pushed is commonly used as verb.