Bid

Quick meaning: Bid is a verb meaning (transitive) To issue a command; to tell.

Meaning

(transitive) To issue a command; to tell.

More Meanings

1. (transitive) To invite; to summon.
2. (transitive) To utter a greeting or salutation.
3. (intransitive) To make an offer to pay or accept a certain price.
4. (transitive) To offer as a price; to tender.
5. (intransitive) To make an attempt.
6. (ambitransitive, card games) To announce (one's goal), before starting play.
7. (obsolete) To proclaim (a bede, prayer); to pray.

Example Sentences

He bade me come in.

She was bidden to the wedding.

In his cloak of words strode the ringmaster, / Bid me join the parade

All night she spent in bidding of her bedes, / And all the day in doing good and godly deedes.

Word Forms

• bids
• bidding
• bidden

Synonyms for bid

Depending on context, synonyms include bit, tender, command, entreat, call, adjure.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include dictation, call, command, offer, invite, adjure.

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