bid
/bɪd/ verb B2- To issue a command; to tell. · He bade me come in.
- To invite; to summon. · She was bidden to the wedding.
- To utter a greeting or salutation.
He/she/it bids · Past bid · Past participle bid · -ing form bidding
Verb forms
- Base form
- bid
- He/she/it
- bids
- Past
- bid
- Past participle
- bid
- -ing form
- bidding
An irregular verb: learn its past and past participle by heart.
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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“Oh, my mother!” exclaimed Albert, so overcome he could scarcely speak; “it is not the same with you and me—you cannot have made the same resolution I have, for I have come to warn you that I bid adieu to your house, and—and to you.”
And if he is the lovely Lady, I shall pretend to spring upon her, and so compel her to do my bidding.
But my grandfather pleaded hard, for he knew the Monkeys would drown in the river with their wings tied, and Quelala said a kind word for them also; so that Gayelette finally spared them, on condition that the Winged Monkeys should ever after do three times the bidding of the owner of the Golden Cap.
“For a very serious matter, which bids fair to make work for the executioner.”
Other matches
- BID twice a day, two times per day B2
- bid To make an offer to pay or accept a certain price. C2
- bid An offer at an auction, or to carry out a piece... C2
- bid down To lower the price of
- bid in To bid a higher price on one's own property tha...
- bid off To receive property immediately after winning a...
- bid up To raise the price of
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