Meaning

4 senses

  1. Pray, offer, proffer

  2. Request, demand, order, command, forbid

  3. Proclaim, declare

  4. Present, counsel, advise, rede, exhort

Examples

18 sentences

  1. The young man bade farewell to his comrades and relatives.

    Молодий чоловік попрощався зі своїми друзями та родичами.

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  2. I bade farewell to the guests.

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  3. I bade good night to her.

    ruЯ пожелал ей спокойной ночи.

    deIch sagte ihr gute Nacht.

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  4. I bade the boy go out.

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  5. He bade farewell to the students.

    deEr verabschiedete sich von den Schülern.

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Origin

From Middle English bēden (“to offer”), from Old English bēodan, from Proto-West Germanic

From Middle English bēden (“to offer”), from Old English bēodan, from Proto-West Germanic *beudan, from Proto-Germanic *beudaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewdʰ-.

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Forms

bedes, beding, bade, bode
Base formbede · to bede
3rd person singularbedes
Present participlebeding
Past simplebade
Past participlebode / boden

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theybede
he, she, itbedes

Past simpleLesson

all personsbade

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave bode
he, she, ithas bode

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill bede

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

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