bid
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- 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)
- (transitive) To issue a command; to tell.
- He bade me to come in.
- (transitive) To invite; to summon; to offer.
- She was bidden to the wedding.
- (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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[edit] Etymology 2
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)
- (intransitive) To make an offer to pay or accept a certain price.
- Have you ever bid in an auction?
- (intransitive, card games) To announce one's goal, before starting play.
- (transitive) To offer as a price.
- She bid £2000 for the Persian carpet.
- (transitive, card games) To announce one's goal, before starting play.
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bid (plural bids)
- An offer at an auction.
- (ultimate frisbee) A (failed) attempt to receive or intercept a pass.
- Nice bid!
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[edit] Danish
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- IPA: /bid/, [b̥ið]
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bid n. (singular definite biddet, plural indefinite bid)
- bite (act of biting)
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| neuter gender | Singular | Plural | ||
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| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative, dative and accusative | bid | biddet | bid | biddene |
| genitive | bids | biddets | bids | biddenes |
[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)
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[edit] Etymology 3
See bide.
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- IPA: /biːd/, [b̥iðˀ]
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bid
- Imperative of bide.
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