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bid

See also: BID, bíd, bîd, bið, and -bid

EnglishEdit

 
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PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /bɪd/
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  • Rhymes: -ɪd

Etymology 1Edit

From Middle English bidden, from Old English biddan (“to ask, demand”), from Proto-Germanic *bidjaną (“to ask”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰedʰ-. Conflated with Old English bēodan (“to offer, announce”) (see Etymology 2 below). Compare West Frisian bidde, Low German bidden, Dutch bidden ("to pray"), German bitten, Danish bede, Norwegian Bokmål be.

VerbEdit

bid (third-person singular simple present bids, present participle bidding, simple past bid or bade or bad, past participle bid or bidden)

  1. (transitive) To issue a command; to tell.
    He bade me come in.
    • 1596-97, William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, Act II, Scene V:
      Shylock: [...] Why Jessica, I say!
      Launcelot: Why, Jessica!
      Shylock: Who bids thee call? I do not bid thee call.
      Launcelot: Your worship was wont to tell me that I could do nothing without bidding.
  2. (transitive) To invite; to summon.
    She was bidden to the wedding.
    • 1596-97, William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, Act II, Scene V:
      Jessica: Call you? What is your will?
      Shylock: I am bid forth to supper, Jessica: / [...] But wherefore should I go? / I am not bid for love; they flatter me;
  3. (transitive) To utter a greeting or salutation.
    • 1596-97, William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, Act I, Scene III:
      Portia: If I could bid the fifth welcome with so good heart as I / can bid the other four farewell, I should be glad of his / approach; [...]
Usage notesEdit

The inflected forms bade, bad, and bidden are falling out of use. Bade remains common in greetings, as in “bade farewell”, but uninflected bid is perhaps more common, and bidden is especially rare.[1]

When bidden does occur, it is usually in an elevated, ironical, or metaphorical style, e.g "I have bidden farewell to my prospects of promotion."

When bade (spelled bad so rarely that this variant is not mentioned in most dictionaries) is used in formal speech, the pronunciation /bæd/ may be heard. However, when a dated text with the spelling bade is read aloud or recited (e.g. on stage, in school, or in church etc.) the spelling pronunciation /beɪd/ is quite usual.(Can we verify(+) this pronunciation?)

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Etymology 2Edit

From Middle English beden, from Old English bēodan (“to offer, announce”), from Proto-Germanic *beudaną (“to offer”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewdʰ- (“be awake, aware”). Conflated with Old English biddan (“to ask, demand”) (see Etymology 1 above). Compare Low German beden, Dutch bieden, German bieten, Danish byde, Norwegian Bokmål by. More at bede.

VerbEdit

bid (third-person singular simple present bids, present participle bidding, simple past and past participle bid)

  1. (intransitive) To make an offer to pay or accept a certain price.
    Have you ever bid in an auction?
  2. (transitive) To offer as a price.
    She bid £2000 for the Persian carpet.
  3. (intransitive) To make an attempt.
    He was bidding for the chance to coach his team to victory once again.
  4. (transitive, intransitive, card games) To announce (one's goal), before starting play.
  5. (obsolete) To proclaim (a bede, prayer); to pray.
    • 1590, Edmund Spendser, The Faerie Queene, I.x:
      All night she spent in bidding of her bedes, / And all the day in doing good and godly deedes.
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NounEdit

bid (plural bids)

  1. An offer at an auction, or to carry out a piece of work.
    His bid was $35,000.
    a bid for a lucrative transport contract
  2. (ultimate frisbee) A (failed) attempt to receive or intercept a pass.
    Nice bid!
  3. An attempt, effort, or pursuit (of a goal).
    Their efforts represented a sincere bid for success.
    She put in her bid for the presidency.
    He put in his bid for office.
    • 2012 May 13, Alistair Magowan, “Sunderland 0-1 Man Utd”, in BBC Sport‎[1]:
      Then, as the Sunderland fans' cheers bellowed around the stadium, United's title bid was over when it became apparent City had pinched a last-gasp winner to seal their first title in 44 years.
    • 1967, William F. Nolan and George Clayton Johnson, Logan's Run, May 1976 Bantam Books edition, →ISBN, page 16:
      [Running,] Doyle had passed up a dozen chances to go underground. He was swinging east again making another bid for Arcade.
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ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ “Bid, bade, bidden”, Grammarist

AnagramsEdit

AfrikaansEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Dutch bidden.

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

bid (present bid, present participle biddende, past participle gebid)

  1. to pray

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CimbrianEdit

EtymologyEdit

Related to German Weide (“willow; wicker”).

NounEdit

bid m (plural biddar, diminutive bìddale)

  1. (Sette Comuni) wicker, osier

DeclensionEdit

Declension of bid – 1st declension
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative an dar bid de biddar
accusative an in bid de biddar
dative aname me bidde in biddarn

ReferencesEdit

  • “bid” in Martalar, Umberto Martello; Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo

DanishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Old Norse bit n, from Proto-Germanic *bitą. Derived from the verb *bītaną (“to bite”).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

bid n (singular definite biddet, plural indefinite bid)

  1. bite (act of biting)
InflectionEdit
Declension of bid
neuter
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative bid biddet bid biddene
genitive bids biddets bids biddenes

Etymology 2Edit

From Old Norse biti m, from Proto-Germanic *bitô, cognate with German Bissen. Derived from the verb *bītaną (“to bite”).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

bid c (singular definite bidden, plural indefinite bidder)

  1. bit, morsel
  2. bite, mouthful
InflectionEdit
Declension of bid
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative bid bidden bidder bidderne
genitive bids biddens bidders biddernes

Etymology 3Edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): [ˈb̥iˀð], [ˈb̥iðˀ]

VerbEdit

bid

  1. imperative of bide

DutchEdit

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

bid

  1. first-person singular present indicative of bidden
  2. imperative of bidden

Old IrishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

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VerbEdit

bid

  1. inflection of is:
    1. third-person singular past subjunctive
    2. third-person singular future

MutationEdit

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
bid bid
pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/ 		mbid
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

VolapükEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

bid (nominative plural bids)

  1. (taxonomy) genus
  2. sort; kind; type
  3. race

DeclensionEdit

declension of bid
singular plural
nominative bid bids
genitive bida bidas
dative bide bides
accusative bidi bidis
vocative 1 o bid! o bids!
predicative 2 bidu bidus
  • 1 status as a case is disputed
  • 2 in later, non-classical Volapük only

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WelshEdit

VerbEdit

bid

  1. (literary) third-person singular imperative of bod

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MutationEdit

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
bid fid mid unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

ZhuangEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

bid (Sawndip forms 䖩 or ⿰虫畢, old orthography bid)

  1. cicada
    Synonyms: (dialectal) biqrengh, (dialectal) nengzceq
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