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Definition of BID

1. Verb. Propose a payment. "The Swiss dealer offered $2 million for the painting"

2. Noun. An authoritative direction or instruction to do something.

3. Verb. Invoke upon. "Bid farewell"

4. Noun. An attempt to get something. "He made a bid to gain attention"

5. Verb. Ask for or request earnestly. "The prophet bid all people to become good persons"

6. Noun. A formal proposal to buy at a specified price.

7. Verb. Make a demand, as for a card or a suit or a show of hands. "He called his trump"

8. Noun. (bridge) the number of tricks a bridge player is willing to contract to make.

9. Verb. Make a serious effort to attain something. "His campaign bid for the attention of the poor population"

10. Verb. Ask someone in a friendly way to do something. "They BID him to write the letter"

Definition of BID

1. v. t. 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. 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.

3. v. i. To pray.

Definition of BID

1. Initialism. (medicine) ''Bis in die'': twice a day, two times per day. ¹

2. Verb. (transitive) To issue a command; to tell. ¹

3. Verb. (transitive) To invite; to summon; to offer. ¹

4. Verb. (transitive) To utter a greeting or salutation. ¹

5. Verb. (intransitive) To make an offer to pay or accept a certain price. ¹

6. Verb. (transitive) To offer as a price. ¹

7. Verb. (intransitive) To make an attempt. ¹

8. Verb. (ambitransitive card games) To announce (one's goal), before starting play. ¹

9. Verb. (obsolete) To proclaim (a bede, prayer); to pray. ¹

10. Noun. An offer at an auction. ¹

11. Noun. (context: ultimate frisbee) A (failed) attempt to receive or intercept a pass. ¹

12. Noun. An attempt, effort, or pursuit (of a goal). ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of BID

1. to make a bid (an offer of a price) [v BADE, BIDDEN, BIDDING, BIDS]

Medical Definition of BID

1. To be taken twice a day (morning and evening). (27 Sep 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of BID

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