bid

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Verb 1.2.1.1 Translations 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Verb 1.3.1.1 Translations 1.3.2 Noun 1.3.2.1 Translations 1.3.3 Derived terms 1.4 Anagrams 2 Danish 2.1 Etymology 1 2.1.1 Pronunciation 2.1.2 Noun 2.1.2.1 Inflection 2.2 Etymology 2 2.2.1 Pronunciation 2.2.2 Noun 2.2.2.1 Inflection 2.3 Etymology 3 2.3.1 Pronunciation 2.3.2 Verb 3 Dutch 3.1 Verb 4 Volapük 4.1 Noun 4.1.1 Synonyms

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[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /bɪd/
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  Rhymes: -ɪd

[edit] Etymology 1

From Old English verb biddan ‘ask, demand’. Conflation from Old English verb bēodan ‘offer, announce’

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to bid (third-person singular simple present bids, present participle bidding, simple past bade, past participle bidden)

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

   He bade me to come in.

2. (transitive) To invite; to summon; to offer.

   She was bidden to the wedding.

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

   We bade him farewell.

   1999: "[H]e walked up to the village of Wall and bade good morning to the guards on the gate." — Stardust, Neil Gaiman, page 15 (2001 Perennial Edition).

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From Old English verb bēodan ‘offer, announce’. Conflation from Old English verb biddan ‘ask, demand’.

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to bid (third-person singular simple present bids, present participle bidding, simple past and past participle bid)

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

   Have you ever bid in an auction?

2. (intransitive, card games) To announce one's goal, before starting play.
3. (transitive) To offer as a price.

   She bid £2000 for the Persian carpet.

4. (transitive, card games) To announce one's goal, before starting play.

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bid (plural bids)

1. An offer at an auction.
2. (ultimate frisbee) A (failed) attempt to receive or intercept a pass.

   Nice bid!

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• dummy bid
• vendor bid

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• Alphagram: bdi
• dib
• IBD

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[edit] Danish

[edit] Etymology 1

From Old Norse bit.

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• IPA: /bid/, [b̥ið]

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bid n. (singular definite biddet, plural indefinite bid)

1. bite (act of biting)

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[edit] Etymology 2

From Middle Low German bīt, replacing a two-syllable form biti.

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• IPA: /bid/, [b̥ið]

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bid c. (singular definite bidden, plural indefinite bidder)

1. bit, morsel
2. bite, mouthful

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[edit] Etymology 3

See bide.

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• IPA: /biːd/, [b̥iðˀ]

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bid

1. Imperative of bide.

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[edit] Dutch

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bid

1. First person singular present tense of bidden; to pray.

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bid

1. sort; kind; type ; race

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• sot