bid
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Etymology 1 edit
From Middle English bidden, from Old English biddan (“to ask, demand”), from Proto-West Germanic *biddjan, 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.
Verb edit
bid (third-person singular simple present bids, present participle bidding, simple past bid or bade or bad, past participle bid or bidden)
- (transitive) To issue a command; to tell.
- He bade me come in.
- c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [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.
- (transitive) To invite; to summon.
- She was bidden to the wedding.
- c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [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;
- 1970, King Crimson (lyrics and music), “Cirkus (including "Entry of the Chameleons")”, in Lizard:
- In his cloak of words strode the ringmaster, / Bid me join the parade
- (transitive) To utter a greeting or salutation.
- c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [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; […]
- 1960 November, L. Hyland, “The Irish Scene”, in Trains Illustrated, page 691:
- The last train—a three-coach A.E.C. unit—from Belfast to Crumlin and back, was bade farewell with fog signals as it carried a capacity crowd of last-trip travellers.
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The inflected forms bade, bad, and bidden are becoming less common (outside certain set phrases like “bade farewell”) than uninflected bid.[1]
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Etymology 2 edit
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.
Verb edit
bid (third-person singular simple present bids, present participle bidding, simple past and past participle bid)
- (intransitive) To make an offer to pay or accept a certain price.
- Have you ever bid in an auction?
- (transitive) To offer as a price.
- She bid £2000 for the Persian carpet.
- (intransitive) To make an attempt.
- He was bidding for the chance to coach his team to victory once again.
- (transitive, intransitive, card games) To announce (one's goal), before starting play.
- (obsolete) To proclaim (a bede, prayer); to pray.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto X”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
- All night she spent in bidding of her bedes, / And all the day in doing good and godly deedes.
- (transitive, intransitive, trucking) To take a particular route regularly.
- I can't believe he bid the Syracuse turn; that can be brutal in the winter!
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bid (plural bids)
- 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
- (ultimate frisbee) A (failed) attempt to receive or intercept a pass.
- Nice bid!
- 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 May, William F. Nolan, George Clayton Johnson, Logan's Run, Bantam Books, published 1976, →ISBN, page 16:
- [Running,] Doyle had passed up a dozen chances to go underground. He was swinging east again making another bid for Arcade.
- (trucking) A particular route that a driver regularly takes from their domicile.
- I can't stand this new bid I'm on, even if the mileage is better.
- (prison slang) A prison sentence.
- 2007, Psych (TV series):
- "So we 'lawyered up'. That's how they say it in the bucket, son, where I did an eight-hour bid."
- 2007, Psych (TV series):
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- ^ “Bid, bade, bidden”, Grammarist
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bid (present bid, present participle biddende, past participle gebid)
- to pray
References edit
- 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.
Cimbrian edit
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Related to German Weide (“willow; wicker”).
Noun edit
bid m (plural biddar, diminutive biddale)
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- “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
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Etymology 1 edit
From Old Norse bit n, from Proto-Germanic *bitą. Derived from the verb *bītaną (“to bite”).
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bid n (singular definite biddet, plural indefinite bid)
- bite (act of biting)
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Etymology 2 edit
From Old Norse biti m, from Proto-Germanic *bitô, cognate with German Bissen. Derived from the verb *bītaną (“to bite”).
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bid c (singular definite bidden, plural indefinite bidder)
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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
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bid
- imperative of bide
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Audio: (file)
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bid
- inflection of bidden:
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bid
- inflection of is:
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bid
- accusative/dative singular of buith (“being”)
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bid | bid pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/ |
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bid f
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bid (nominative plural bids)
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bid
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- (Standard Zhuang) IPA(key): /pit˧/
- Tone numbers: bid8
- Hyphenation: bid
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