Bidding
['bɪdɪŋ]
Definition
(noun.) a request to be present; 'they came at his bidding'.
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Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bid
(n.) Command; order; a proclamation or notifying.
(n.) The act or process of making bids; an offer; a proposal of a price, as at an auction.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Command, order, direction, injunction, precept, behest, requisition, mandate, appointment.[2]. Offer (of a price), bid, proposal.
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Examples
- 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.
- The few words he had spoken to her were comforting; his manner on bidding her good-night was genial. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- They are kept to do the bidding of the race of therns; to furnish at once their sport and their sustenance. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- On the whole, the common men were probably well content to live under lord or king or god and obey their bidding. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Bidding him go first, and bear the light, he returned to the chamber he had just quitted. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- One, the cleverest and most celebrated among them, took me aside, and bidding me prepare for the worst, told me--me, the madman! Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Marian never left me before, she said, without bidding me good-bye. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- He had been getting impatient at the loss of his time on a market-day, the moment before she appeared, yet now he calmly took a seat at her bidding. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- The bidding ran on with warming rivalry. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- I am glad to have the chance of bidding you good-bye, Mr. Wemmick, said the man, stretching out his hand between two bars. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- I am bidding it good-bye for ever. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
Editor: Sheldon