bid

Meaning

Verb

1. (intransitive) To make an offer to pay or accept a certain price.
2. (transitive) To offer as a price; to tender.
3. (intransitive) To make an attempt.
4. (ambitransitive) To announce (one's goal), before starting play.
5. (intransitive, transitive) To take a particular route regularly.
6. (form-of, participle, past) simple past and past participle of bid

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

beg

wish

attempt

ask for

try

make an offer of

invitation

decree

dictate

inducement

govern

summon

persuasion

tell

call

auction

prescribe

demand

proposition

beseech

play

urge

enjoin

dictation

charge

seek

🔍

quotation

render

proposal

presentation

press

pray

🛐

proffer

rule

behest

make an offer

apply

conjure

go

compete

entreat

Translations

Gebot

bieten

offrir

offre

offerta

offrire

oferta

Angebot

enchère

bieden

bod

reizen

tentative

augurare

prier

🛐

Pronounced as (IPA)

/bɪd/

Etymology

Cognate with Western Frisian: bidde

Cognate with Low German: bidden

Cognate with Dutch: bidden

Cognate with German: bitten

Cognate with Danish: bede

Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål: be

Cognate with Low German: beden

Cognate with Dutch: bieden

Cognate with German: bieten

Cognate with Danish: byde

Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål: by

In summary

From Middle English beden, from Old English bēodan (“to offer, announce”), from Proto-Germanic *beudaną (“to offer”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewdʰ- (“be awake, aware”). Conflated with Old English biddan (“to ask, demand”) (see Etymology 1 above). Compare Low German bieden, beden, Dutch bieden, German bieten, Danish byde, Norwegian Bokmål by. More at bede.

Sentences

A strong bid may scare your partner stiff .