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Definition of Bidding
1. Noun. An authoritative direction or instruction to do something.
Generic synonyms: Speech Act
Specialized synonyms: Countermand, Order, Charge, Commission, Direction, Commandment, Injunction, Behest, Open Sesame
Derivative terms: Bid, Bid, Command, Dictate, Dictate
2. Noun. A request to be present. "They came at his bidding"
3. Noun. (bridge) the number of tricks a bridge player is willing to contract to make.
Group relationships: Bridge
Category relationships: Bridge
Generic synonyms: Statement
Specialized synonyms: Contract, Declaration, Takeout, Overbid, Overcall, Pre-empt, Preempt, Preemptive Bid
Derivative terms: Bid, Bid
Definition of Bidding
1. n. Command; order; a proclamation or notifying.
Definition of Bidding
1. Verb. (present participle of bid) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bidding
1. a command [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bidding
Literary usage of Bidding
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1889)
"The evident purpose was to stimulate bidding, not to give one creditor an
unconscionable preference over another, nor to secure any special advantage to the ..."
2. The History of the Reformation of the Church of England by Gilbert Burnet (1865)
"FIRST, whosoever shall preach in the presence of the king's fol.286. highness,
and the queen's grace, shall in the bidding of the beads, pray for the whole ..."
3. The Wedding Day in All Ages and Countries by Edward J. Wood (1869)
"He usually carried a long stick, with ribbons flying, and standing in the middle
of the guest's room he repeated the words of bidding, generally in rhyme, ..."
4. Two Years Before the Mast by Richard Henry Dana (1897)
"This was literally bidding " good night " to my native land. CHAPTER II. THE first
day we passed at sea was the Sabbath. As we were just from port, ..."
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