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Noun bid has 4 senses
- command, bid, bidding, dictation - an authoritative direction or instruction to do something
--1 is a kind of speech act
--1 has particulars:
- bid, play - an attempt to get something; "they made a futile play for power"; "he made a bid to gain attention"
--2 is a kind of attempt, effort, endeavor, endeavour, try
- bid, tender - a formal proposal to buy at a specified price
--3 is a kind of offer, offering
--3 has particulars: overbid; buyout bid
- bid, bidding - (bridge) the number of tricks a bridge player is willing to contract to make
--4 is a kind of statement
--4 is a part of bridge
--4 has particulars:
Verb bid has 6 senses
- offer, bid, tender - propose a payment; "The Swiss dealer offered $2 million for the painting"
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
- wish, bid - invoke upon; "wish you a nice evening"; "bid farewell"
--2 is one way to greet, recognize, recognise
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
- bid, beseech, entreat, adjure, press, conjure - ask for or request earnestly; "The prophet bid all people to become good persons"
--3 is one way to plead
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
- bid, call - make a demand, as for a card or a suit or a show of hands; "He called his trump"
--4 is one way to play
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s
- bid - make a serious effort to attain something; "His campaign bid for the attention of the poor population"
--5 is one way to seek
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- invite, bid - ask someone in a friendly way to do something
--6 is one way to request
Sample sentence:
They bid him to write the letter
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