Bid : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Bid	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bid n an authoritative direction or instruction to do something Synonym(s): command, bid, bidding, dictation an attempt to get something; "they made a futile play for power"; "he made a bid to gain attention" Synonym(s): bid, play a formal proposal to buy at a specified price Synonym(s): bid, tender (bridge) the number of tricks a bridge player is willing to contract to make Synonym(s): bid, bidding v propose a payment; "The Swiss dealer offered $2 million for the painting" Synonym(s): offer, bid, tender invoke upon; "wish you a nice evening"; "bid farewell" Synonym(s): wish, bid ask for or request earnestly; "The prophet bid all people to become good persons" Synonym(s): bid, beseech, entreat, adjure, press, conjure make a demand, as for a card or a suit or a show of hands; "He called his trump" Synonym(s): bid, call make a serious effort to attain something; "His campaign bid for the attention of the poor population" ask someone in a friendly way to do something Synonym(s): invite, bid
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bid \Bid\ (b[icr]d), v. t. [imp. {Bade} (b[acr]d), {Bid}, (Obs.) {Bad}; p. p. {Bidden}, {Bid}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bidding}.] [OE. bidden, prop to ask, beg, AS. biddan; akin to OS. biddian, Icel. bi[edh]ja, OHG. bittan, G. bitten, to pray, ask, request, and E. bead, also perh. to Gr. teiqein to persuade, L. fidere to trust, E. faith, and bide. But this word was early confused with OE. beden, beoden, AS. be[a2]dan, to offer, command; akin to Icel. bj[omac][edh]a, Goth. biudan (in comp.), OHG. biotan to command, bid, G. bieten, D. bieden, to offer, also to Gr. pynqa`nesqai to learn by inquiry, Skr. budh to be awake, to heed, present OSlav. bud[emac]ti to be awake, E. bode, v. The word now has the form of OE. bidden to ask, but the meaning of OE. beden to command, except in [bd]to bid beads.[b8] [root]30.] 1. To make an offer of; to propose. Specifically : To offer to pay ( a certain price, as for a thing put up at auction), or to take (a certain price, as for work to be done under a contract). 2. To offer in words; to declare, as a wish, a greeting, a threat, or defiance, etc.; as, to bid one welcome; to bid good morning, farewell, etc. Neither bid him God speed. --2. John 10. He bids defiance to the gaping crowd. --Granrille. 3. To proclaim; to declare publicly; to make known. [Mostly obs.] [bd]Our banns thrice bid ![b8] --Gay. 4. To order; to direct; to enjoin; to command. That Power who bids the ocean ebb and flow. --Pope Lord, if it be thou, bid me come unto thee. --Matt. xiv. 28 I was bid to pick up shells. --D. Jerrold. 5. To invite; to call in; to request to come. As many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage. --Matt. xxii. 9 {To bid beads}, to pray with beads, as the Roman Catholics; to distinguish each bead by a prayer. [Obs.] {To bid defiance to}, to defy openly; to brave. {To bid fair}, to offer a good prospect; to make fair promise; to seem likely. Syn: To offer; proffer; tender; propose; order; command; direct; charge; enjoin.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bid \Bid\, imp. & p. p. of {Bid}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bid \Bid\, n. An offer of a price, especially at auctions; a statement of a sum which one will give for something to be received, or will take for something to be done or furnished; that which is offered.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bid \Bid\, v. i. [See {Bid}, v. t.] 1. To pray. [Obs.] --Chaucer. 2. To make a bid; to state what one will pay or take.