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.

Concepts

bid

tender

offer

order

command

bidding

ask

request

direct

invite

attempt

wish

beg

ask for

try

make an offer of

invitation

decree

tell

summon

inducement

persuasion

govern

dictate

auction

demand

enjoin

prescribe

urge

seek

proposition

beseech

play

call

dictation

charge

donate

proffer

exhort

submit

behest

compete

effort

endeavor

apply

pray

render

essay

crack

go

pass

sell at auction

offer a price

adjure

conjure

entreat

press

presentation

proposal

submit a tender

make an offer

rule

quotation

dedicate

subscribe

say

asked price

mickey mouse

quote

mortgage

public sale

vendue

abandon

break camp

drop off

dump

empty

file

foreswear

forsake

leave

leave alone

leave behind

park

put down

resign

set down

walk out

saddle

admonish

prompt

warn

exhortation

monition

summons

word of advice

contend

race

rival

vie

bite out

elocute

intone

posit

pronounce

put forward

recite

redact

state

utter

vocalise

vocalize

ambition

aspiration

pretension

purpose

striving

appeal

call for

catch

quest

solicit

tap

afford

by-bid

extend

indicate

purvey

serve up

suggest

treat

underquote

volunteer

bargain

assay

endeavour

go for

have a go

strive

try for

business

company

down

enterprise

establishment

firm

fling

foray

operation

seeking

stab

congratulate

announce

application

claim

constitute

depict

give

grant

introduce

offer up

perform

present

reenact

represent

sacrifice

advocacy

advance

feature

intro

introduction

rendition

show

apply for

make a bid

submit a bid

issue orders

check

restrain

appoint

compel

exact

instruct

manage

send for

impel

selling to highest bidders

supply

bid price

smack

averment

declaration

denotation

predication

pronouncement

propitiatory

statement

ordain

injunction

mandate

prescript

call on

dial

hail

outbid

overbid

offering

offertory

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.