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English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle English bidden, from Old English biddan (“to ask, demand”), from Proto-Germanic *bidjaną (“to ask”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰedʰ-. Conflated with Old English bēodan (“to offer, announce”) (see Etymology 2 below). Compare West Frisian bidde, Low German bidden, Dutch bidden ("to pray"), German bitten, Danish bede, Norwegian Bokmål be.
Verb
bid (third-person singular simple present bids, present participle bidding, simple past bid or bade or bad, past participle bid or bidden)
- (transitive) To issue a command; to tell.
He bade me come in.
c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene v]:Shylock: [...] Why Jessica, I say!
Launcelot: Why, Jessica!
Shylock: Who bids thee call? I do not bid thee call.
Launcelot: Your worship was wont to tell me that I could do nothing without bidding.
- (transitive) To invite; to summon.
She was bidden to the wedding.
c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene v]:Jessica: Call you? What is your will?
Shylock: I am bid forth to supper, Jessica: / [...] But wherefore should I go? / I am not bid for love; they flatter me;
1970, King Crimson (lyrics and music), “Cirkus (including "Entry of the Chameleons")”, in Lizard:In his cloak of words strode the ringmaster, / Bid me join the parade
- (transitive) To utter a greeting or salutation.
c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii]:Portia: If I could bid the fifth welcome with so good heart as I / can bid the other four farewell, I should be glad of his / approach; […]
1960 November, L. Hyland, “The Irish Scene”, in Trains Illustrated, page 691:The last train—a three-coach A.E.C. unit—from Belfast to Crumlin and back, was bade farewell with fog signals as it carried a capacity crowd of last-trip travellers.
Usage notes
The inflected forms bade, bad, and bidden are becoming less common (outside certain set phrases like “bade farewell”) than uninflected bid.
Derived terms
Translations
to issue a command
- Bulgarian: заповядвам (bg) (zapovjadvam)
- Czech: žádat (cs)
- Dutch: gebieden (nl), gelasten (nl)
- Finnish: pyytää (fi), käskeä (fi)
- French: demander (fr), ordonner (fr)
- Hungarian: megparancsol (hu), elrendel (hu), parancsol (hu), utasít (hu)
- Occitan: ordenar (oc), demandar (oc)
- Portuguese: mandar (pt), ordenar (pt), intimar (pt)
- Russian: прика́зывать (ru) impf (prikázyvatʹ), приказа́ть (ru) pf (prikazátʹ)
- Ukrainian: нака́зувати impf (nakázuvaty), наказа́ти pf (nakazáty)
- Zazaki: biden, dayen
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to utter a greeting or salutation
Etymology 2
From Middle English beden, from Old English bēodan (“to offer, announce”), from Proto-Germanic *beudaną (“to offer”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewdʰ- (“be awake, aware”). Conflated with Old English biddan (“to ask, demand”) (see Etymology 1 above). Compare Low German beden, Dutch bieden, German bieten, Danish byde, Norwegian Bokmål by. More at bede.
Verb
bid (third-person singular simple present bids, present participle bidding, simple past and past participle bid)
- (intransitive) To make an offer to pay or accept a certain price.
Have you ever bid in an auction?
- (transitive) To offer as a price.
She bid £2000 for the Persian carpet.
- (intransitive) To make an attempt.
He was bidding for the chance to coach his team to victory once again.
- (transitive, intransitive, card games) To announce (one's goal), before starting play.
- (obsolete) To proclaim (a bede, prayer); to pray.
- (transitive, intransitive, trucking) To take a particular route regularly.
- I can't believe he bid the Syracuse turn; that can be brutal in the winter!
Derived terms
Translations
intransitive: to make an offer
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 出價/出价 (zh) (chūjià), 投標/投标 (zh) (tóubiāo)
- Danish: byde
- Dutch: bieden (nl)
- Finnish: tarjota (fi), tehdä tarjous
- French: faire une enchère (at auction)
- Galician: oferer, oferecer (gl), ofrecer (gl), ofrir, gravecer, brindar, obradar, poxar (gl)
- German: bieten (de)
- Hungarian: licitál (hu), ajánlatot tesz
- Italian: fare un'offerta per un'asta
- Japanese: 値をつける (ねをつける, ne o tsukeru), 入札する (ja) (にゅうさつする, nyūsatsu suru)
- Latin: liceor
- Low German:
- German Low German: beden
- Maori: piti
- Norman: (please verify) offri (Jersey)
- Occitan: ofrir (oc)
- Polish: licytować impf, zalicytować pf
- Portuguese: oferecer (pt)
- Russian: предлага́ть це́ну impf (predlagátʹ cénu), предложи́ть це́ну pf (predložítʹ cénu)
- Spanish: pujar (es)
- Swedish: bjuda (sv)
- Thai: ประมูล (th) (bprà-muun)
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transitive: to offer as a price
intransitive: to make an attempt
transitive: to announce goal
to take a particular route regularly
Noun
bid (plural bids)
- An offer at an auction, or to carry out a piece of work.
- His bid was $35,000.
- a bid for a lucrative transport contract
- (ultimate frisbee) A (failed) attempt to receive or intercept a pass.
- Nice bid!
- An attempt, effort, or pursuit (of a goal).
- Their efforts represented a sincere bid for success.
- She put in her bid for the presidency.
- He put in his bid for office.
2012 May 13, Alistair Magowan, “Sunderland 0-1 Man Utd”, in BBC Sport:Then, as the Sunderland fans' cheers bellowed around the stadium, United's title bid was over when it became apparent City had pinched a last-gasp winner to seal their first title in 44 years.
- (trucking) A particular route that a driver regularly takes from their domicile.
- I can't stand this new bid I'm on, even if the mileage is better.
- (prison slang) A prison sentence.
- 2007, Psych (TV series):
- "So we 'lawyered up'. That's how they say it in the bucket, son, where I did an eight-hour bid."
Derived terms
Translations
attempt, effort, or pursuit (of a goal)
References
Anagrams
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch bidden.
Pronunciation
Verb
bid (present bid, present participle biddende, past participle gebid)
- to pray
References
Cimbrian
Etymology
Related to German Weide (“willow; wicker”).
Noun
bid m (plural biddar, diminutive biddale)
- (Sette Comuni) wicker, osier
Declension
Declension of bid – 1st declension
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def.
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noun
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def.
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noun
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nominative
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an
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dar
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bid
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de
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biddar
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accusative
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an
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in
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bid
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de
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biddar
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dative
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aname
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me
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bidde
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in
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biddarn
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References
- “bid” in Martalar, Umberto Martello; Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo
Danish
Etymology 1
From Old Norse bit n, from Proto-Germanic *bitą. Derived from the verb *bītaną (“to bite”).
Pronunciation
Noun
bid n (singular definite biddet, plural indefinite bid)
- bite (act of biting)
Inflection
Etymology 2
From Old Norse biti m, from Proto-Germanic *bitô, cognate with German Bissen. Derived from the verb *bītaną (“to bite”).
Pronunciation
Noun
bid c (singular definite bidden, plural indefinite bidder)
- bit, morsel
- bite, mouthful
Inflection
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
Verb
bid
- imperative of bide
Dutch
Pronunciation
Verb
bid
- inflection of bidden:
- first-person singular present indicative
- imperative
Old Irish
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Verb
bid
- inflection of is:
- third-person singular past subjunctive
- third-person singular future
Noun
bid
- accusative/dative singular of buith (“being”)
Mutation
Old Irish mutation
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Radical |
Lenition |
Nasalization
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bid
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bid pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/
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mbid
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Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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Polish
Pronunciation
Noun
bid f
- genitive plural of bida
Volapük
Pronunciation
Noun
bid (nominative plural bids)
- (taxonomy) genus
- sort; kind; type
- race
Declension
declension of bid
- 1 status as a case is disputed
- 2 in later, non-classical Volapük only
Synonyms
Derived terms
Welsh
Pronunciation
Verb
bid
- (literary) third-person singular imperative of bod
Synonyms
Mutation
Zhuang
Pronunciation
Noun
bid (Sawndip forms 䖩 or 𧏻, 1957–1982 spelling bid)
- cicada
- Synonyms: (dialectal) biqrengh, (dialectal) nengzceq