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NOUN | 1 | bid, command, bidding, dictation | An authoritative direction or instruction to do something |
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2 | bid, play | An attempt to get something | |
3 | bid, tender | A formal proposal to buy at a specified price | |
4 | bid, bidding | (bridge) the number of tricks a bridge player is willing to contract to make | |
VERB | 1 | bid, offer, tender | Propose a payment |
2 | bid, wish | Invoke upon | |
3 | bid, beseech, entreat, adjure, press, conjure | Ask for or request earnestly | |
4 | bid, call | Make a demand, as for a card or a suit or a show of hands | |
5 | bid | Make a serious effort to attain something | |
6 | bid, invite | Ask someone in a friendly way to do something |
Sounds | bih'd |
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Rhymes | abbreviated, abducted, abstracted, and 667 more rhymes in ihd at the HyperDic website... |
Meaning | An authoritative direction or instruction to do something. |
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Synonyms | command, bidding, dictation |
Narrower | countermand; order; commission, charge, direction; commandment; injunction; behest; open sesame |
Broader | speech act |
Verbs | bid |
Meaning | An attempt to get something. |
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Examples | "he made a bid to gain attention" |
Synonyms | play |
Broader | attempt, effort, endeavor, endeavour, try |
Verbs | bid |
Meaning | A formal proposal to buy at a specified price. |
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Synonyms | tender |
Narrower | overbid; buyout bid |
Broader | offer, offering |
Verbs | bid; bid |
Meaning | (bridge) the number of tricks a bridge player is willing to contract to make. |
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Synonyms | bidding |
Category | bridge |
Part of | bridge |
Narrower | contract, declaration; takeout; overbid, overcall; preemptive bid |
Broader | statement |
Verbs | bid |
Meaning | Propose a payment. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP |
Synonyms | offer, tender |
Category | auction, auction sale, vendue |
Entails | dicker, bargain |
Narrower | by-bid; subscribe; overbid; underbid; outbid; underbid |
Nouns | bidder; bid |
Meaning | Invoke upon. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody something; Somebody ----s something to somebody |
Examples | "bid farewell" |
Synonyms | wish |
Narrower | congratulate, felicitate |
Broader | greet, recognize, recognise |
Meaning | Ask for or request earnestly. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE |
Examples | "The prophet bid all people to become good persons" |
Synonyms | beseech, entreat, adjure, press, conjure |
Broader | plead |
Nouns | bid, bidding |
Meaning | Make a demand, as for a card or a suit or a show of hands. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s |
Synonyms | call |
Category | card game, cards |
Narrower | raise; double; outcall; underbid; outbid; overbid; preempt |
Broader | play |
Nouns | bid, bidding; bidder |
Meaning | Make a serious effort to attain something. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
Examples | "His campaign bid for the attention of the poor population" |
Broader | seek |
Nouns | bid; bid |
Meaning | Ask someone in a friendly way to do something. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody INFINITIVE |
Model | They bid him to write the letter |
Synonyms | invite |
Narrower | tempt, allure; challenge |
Broader | request |
Nouns | bidding |