Meaning

9 senses
  1. (transitive)To issue a command; to tell.

    He bade me come in.

    gebieten

    прика́зыватьprikázyvatʹ, приказа́тьprikazátʹ

    нака́зуватиnakázuvaty, наказа́тиnakazáty

  2. (transitive)To invite; to summon.

    She was bidden to the wedding.

    приглаша́тьpriglašátʹ, пригласи́тьpriglasítʹ

  3. (transitive)To utter a greeting or salutation.

  4. (intransitive)To make an offer to pay or accept a certain price.

    Have you ever bid in an auction?

    bieten

    предлага́ть це́нуpredlagátʹ cénu, предложи́ть це́нуpredložítʹ cénu

  5. (transitive)To offer as a price; to tender.

    She bid £2000 for the Persian carpet.

    bieten

  6. (intransitive)To make an attempt.

    He was bidding for the chance to coach his team to victory once again.

    make a serious effort to attain something

  7. (ambitransitive)To announce (one's goal), before starting play.

    melden, reizen

  8. (intransitive, transitive)To take a particular route regularly.

    I can’t believe he bid the Syracuse turn; that can be brutal in the winter!

  9. (obsolete)To proclaim (a bede, prayer); to pray.

Examples

64 sentences
  1. I suggest that we hold off on making a decision until all bids are in.

    Я пропоную почекати з прийняттям рішення, поки не отримані всі пропозиції.

    ruЯ предлагаю повременить с принятием решения, пока не получены все предложения.

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  2. I bid against him.

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  3. What did Tom bid?

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  4. I bid on it.

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  5. How much did you bid?

    ruСколько ты поставил?

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to issue a command:
Русский
By meaning 3
to issue a command:
to invite:
intransitive: to make an offer:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
to issue a command:
intransitive: to make an offer:
transitive: to announce goal:

Origin

From Middle English bidden, from Old English biddan (“to ask, demand”), from Proto-West Ge

From Middle English bidden, from Old English biddan (“to ask, demand”), from Proto-West Germanic *biddjan, from Proto-Germanic *bidjaną (“to ask”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰedʰ-. Conflated with Old English bēodan (“to offer, announce”) (see Etymology 2 below).

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 bieden, beden, Dutch bieden, German bieten, Danish byde, Norwegian Bokmål by. More at bede.

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Forms

bids, bidding, bid, bid
Base formbid · to bid
3rd person singularbids
Present participlebidding
Past simplebid / bade
Past participlebid / bade / bidden

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

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

Past simpleLesson

all personsbid

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill bid

Phrasal verbs

4 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

10 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

20 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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