Meaning

5 senses

  1. (dialectal, transitive)To bear; to endure; to tolerate.

  2. (archaic, transitive)To face with resistance; to encounter; to withstand.

  3. (archaic, dialectal, intransitive)To dwell or reside in a location; to abide.

    dwell

  4. (archaic, dialectal, intransitive)To wait; to be in expectation; to stay; to remain.

    ждатьždatʹ, ожида́тьožidátʹ

  5. (archaic, transitive)To wait for; to await.

Examples

7 sentences

  1. We need to bide our time.

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  2. We just need to bide our time.

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  3. I was bidden to stay behind.

    ruМне было велено остаться.

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  4. Tom and Mary remained at a distance, observing and biding their time.

    ruТом и Мэри держались поодаль, наблюдая и выжидая.

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  5. I decided to bide my time and wait for the argument to finish.

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Translations

1 languages
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By meaning 1
(intransitive) (archaic or dialectal) To wait; to be in expectation; to stay; to remain:

Origin

From Middle English biden, from Old English bīdan (“to stay, continue, live, remain, delay

From Middle English biden, from Old English bīdan (“to stay, continue, live, remain, delay; wait for, await, expect; endure, experience, find; attain, obtain; own”), from Proto-West Germanic *bīdan (“to wait”), from Proto-Germanic *bīdaną (“to wait”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰéydʰeti, from *bʰeydʰ- (“to command, persuade, compel, trust”). Latinate cognates (via PIE) include faith and fidelity.

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Forms

bides, biding, bode, bided
Base formbide · to bide
3rd person singularbides
Present participlebiding
Past simplebode / bided
Past participlebided / bidden

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theybide
he, she, itbides

Past simpleLesson

all personsbode

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill bide

Synonyms

6 synonyms
to dwell or reside in a location:liveA1
to wait for:awaitB2
to bear:put up with
to wait:stand by
Close in meaning

Word family

7 related words
RelatedbidB2faithB2fidelity
Derivedabidebide trystoverbideunbidable

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
bidB2bidderbiddingB2bidetbiennialbier
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