Meaning

1 senses

  1. (usually)To have a reasonable claim; to seem likely.

Examples

1 sentences

  1. The fate of the Celt in the British Empire bids fair to resemble that of the Greeks among the Romans.

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Forms

bids fair, bidding fair, bade fair, bidden fair
Base formbid fair · to bid fair
3rd person singularbids fair
Present participlebidding fair
Past simplebade fair
Past participlebidden fair

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theybid fair
he, she, itbids fair

Past simpleLesson

all personsbade fair

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave bidden fair
he, she, ithas bidden fair

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill bid fair

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
bicycleA1bidB2bidderbiddingB2bidebidet
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