bid
/bɪd/ verb C2- To make an offer to pay or accept a certain price. · Have you ever bid in an auction?
- To offer as a price; to tender. · She bid £2000 for the Persian carpet.
- To make an attempt. · He was bidding for the chance to coach his team to victory once again.
- To announce (one's goal), before starting play.
- To take a particular route regularly.
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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Lydia was bid by her two eldest sisters to hold her tongue; but Mr.
Do as I bid you.”
After our dinner, which I will try to make as pleasant as possible, I will bid you good-evening, or attend you safely to your door, whichever you prefer.”
“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.”
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