bid

Meaning

Verb

1. To issue a command; to tell.
2. To invite; to summon.
3. To utter a greeting or salutation.

Noun

1. An offer at an auction, or to carry out a piece of work.
2. A (failed) attempt to receive or intercept a pass.
3. An attempt, effort, or pursuit (of a goal).
4. A particular route that a driver regularly takes from their domicile.
5. (slang) A prison sentence.

Synonyms

tender

offer

order

command

bidding

ask

request

direct

invite

wish

beg

attempt

ask for

decree

invitation

make an offer of

try

summon

dictate

govern

tell

inducement

persuasion

prescribe

charge

dictation

auction

urge

demand

call

proposition

seek

🔍

beseech

enjoin

play

proffer

donate

essay

conjure

entreat

proposal

make an offer

go

apply

effort

behest

endeavor

pray

🛐

rule

quotation

offer a price

exhort

render

submit

presentation

submit a tender

pass

sell at auction

press

adjure

compete

crack

leave behind

manage

mandate

monition

mortgage

offering

offertory

offer up

operation

ordain

outbid

overbid

park

🏞️

perform

posit

predication

prescript

present

pretension

prompt

pronounce

pronouncement

propitiatory

public sale

purpose

purvey

put down

put forward

quest

quote

race

recite

redact

reenact

rendition

represent

resign

restrain

rival

sacrifice

saddle

say

🗣️

seeking

send for

serve up

set down

show

smack

solicit

stab

state

statement

strive

striving

subscribe

suggest

summons

supply

tap

treat

underquote

utter

vendue

vie

vocalise

vocalize

volunteer

walk out

warn

bite out

break camp

by-bid

foreswear

have a go

mickey mouse

try for

make a bid

advocacy

elocute

issue orders

submit a bid

selling to highest bidders

abandon

word of advice

admonish

advance

afford

ambition

announce

appeal

application

apply for

appoint

asked price

aspiration

assay

averment

bargain

bid price

business

call for

call on

catch

check

claim

company

compel

congratulate

constitute

contend

declaration

dedicate

denotation

depict

dial

down

drop off

dump

empty

endeavour

enterprise

establishment

exact

exhortation

extend

feature

file

firm

fling

foray

forsake

give

go for

grant

hail

impel

indicate

injunction

instruct

intone

intro

introduce

introduction

leave

leave alone

Pronounced as (IPA)

/bɪd/

Etymology

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).
Compare West Frisian bidde, Low German bidden, Dutch bidden ("to pray"), German bitten, Danish bede, Norwegian Bokmål be.

Sentences

A strong bid may scare your partner stiff .