Bid
[bɪd]
Definition
(noun.) an attempt to get something; 'they made a futile play for power'; 'he made a bid to gain attention'.
(noun.) (bridge) the number of tricks a bridge player is willing to contract to make.
(noun.) a formal proposal to buy at a specified price.
(verb.) ask for or request earnestly; 'The prophet bid all people to become good persons'.
(verb.) make a serious effort to attain something; 'His campaign bid for the attention of the poor population'.
(verb.) make a demand, as for a card or a suit or a show of hands; 'He called his trump'.
Checker: Wilmer--From WordNet
Definition
(-) of Bid
(-) of Bid
(v. t.) To make an offer of; to propose. Specifically : To offer to pay ( a certain price, as for a thing put up at auction), or to take (a certain price, as for work to be done under a contract).
(v. t.) To offer in words; to declare, as a wish, a greeting, a threat, or defiance, etc.; as, to bid one welcome; to bid good morning, farewell, etc.
(v. t.) To proclaim; to declare publicly; to make known.
(v. t.) To order; to direct; to enjoin; to command.
(v. t.) To invite; to call in; to request to come.
(-) imp. & p. p. of Bid.
(n.) An offer of a price, especially at auctions; a statement of a sum which one will give for something to be received, or will take for something to be done or furnished; that which is offered.
(v. t.) To pray.
(v. t.) To make a bid; to state what one will pay or take.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Offer (of a price), bidding, proposal.
v. a. [1]. Command, order, require, charge, enjoin, direct.[2]. Offer, propose, proffer, tender.[3]. Pronounce, declare, utter.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Tell, request, instruct, direct, order, proffer, charge, command, propose,offer
ANT:Forbid, deter, prohibit, restrain
Editor: Meredith
Definition
v.t. to ask for: (nearly obs.): to pray.
v.t. to offer: to propose: to proclaim as the banns of marriage: to invite: to command: to make an offer and to increase the amount offered for a thing—at an auction:—pr.p. bid′ding; pa.t. bid or bade; pa.p. bid bid′den.—n. an offer of a price.—ns. Bid′der one who bids or offers a price; Bid′ding offer: invitation: command; Bid′ding-pray′er a form of prayer directed to be used before all sermons lectures and homilies preached apart from the daily service or holy communion—as university sermons so called because in it the preacher is directed to bid or exhort the people to pray for certain specified objects.—To bid fair to seem likely.
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Examples
- If you like I will bid you good morning. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- One of the errands, my dear, which brings me here is to bid you good-bye, I began. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The boy laughed and did as he was bid. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Hither, hither, from thy home, Airy sprite, I bid thee come! Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Then sighed; and saying, 'I knew you would like it,' he turned away, and never spoke to her again until he bid her a formal 'good night. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Demi, go upstairs, and get into your bed, as Mamma bids you. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- And so he bids him and his companions depart, just as any other father might drive out of the house a riotous son and his undesirable associates. Plato. The Republic.
- Yes; do as Thuvia bids you, I said. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Whatever falls out, say nothing; and do what he bids you. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- So I _do_ do as she bids me,' replied Mr. Chitling; 'I shouldn't have been milled, if it hadn't been for her advice. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Yes, Sir,' and bidding Mr. Pickwick good-night, the chambermaid retired, and left him alone. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- He would not put himself an inch out of his way at the bidding of king, cabinet, and chambers together. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- This done, and just as I was bidding him farewell, I happened to glance towards the book-and-newspaper stall. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- He gave an arm to Ada and an arm to me, and bidding Richard bring a candle, was leading the way out when he suddenly turned us all back again. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I am not interested in the marriage, and even if I were I could not compel Mr. Wildeve to do my bidding. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Indeed Captain Rawdon himself was much more affected at the leave-taking than the resolute little woman to whom he bade farewell. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Esmeralda did as she was bade. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- She wept, however, as she bade me farewell, and entreated me to return happy and tranquil. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- Well, we came to the old boat again in good time at night; and there Mr. and Mrs. Barkis bade us good-bye, and drove away snugly to their own home. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- It was that in which Harry Montague, after a sad, almost monosyllabic scene of parting with Miss Dyas, bade her good-bye, and turned to go. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- But all days come that are to be; and the marriage-day was to be, and it came; and with it came all the Barnacles who were bidden to the feast. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- What if, when he had bidden May Welland to open hers, they could only look out blankly at blankness? Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Holy men have bidden penitents like you to hasten their path upward by penance, self-denial, and difficult good works. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Here, clearly, was a new legatee; else why was he bidden as a mourner? George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- In the first event he had bidden an eternal farewell to open-hearted converse, and entire sympathy with the companion of his life. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- If you like I will bid you good morning. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- One of the errands, my dear, which brings me here is to bid you good-bye, I began. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The boy laughed and did as he was bid. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Hither, hither, from thy home, Airy sprite, I bid thee come! Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Then sighed; and saying, 'I knew you would like it,' he turned away, and never spoke to her again until he bid her a formal 'good night. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
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