bid

bid
I [[t]bɪ̱d[/t]] ATTEMPTING OR OFFERING
♦♦
bids, bidding
(The form bid is used in the present tense and is the past tense and past participle.)
1) N-COUNT: N for n, N to-inf A bid for something or a bid to do something is an attempt to obtain it or do it. [JOURNALISM]

...Sydney's successful bid for the 2000 Olympic Games...

The Government has already closed down two newspapers in a bid to silence its critics.

Syn:
2) N-COUNT A bid is an offer to pay a particular amount of money for something that is being sold.

Hanson made an agreed takeover bid of ₤351 million.

3) VERB If you bid for something or bid to do something, you try to obtain it or do it.

[V for n] Singapore Airlines is rumoured to be bidding for a management contract to run both airports...

[V to-inf] I don't think she is bidding to be Prime Minister again.

Syn:
try, attempt
4) VERB If you bid for something that is being sold, you offer to pay a particular amount of money for it.

[V for n] She wanted to bid for it...

The bank announced its intention to bid...

[V n] He certainly wasn't going to bid $18 billion for this company.

Phrasal Verbs:
Derived words:
bidding N-UNCOUNT

The bidding starts at ₤2 million.

II [[t]bɪ̱d[/t]] SAYING SOMETHING
(American English sometimes uses the form bid for the past tense.)
1) VERB If you bid someone farewell, you say goodbye to them. If you bid them goodnight, you say goodnight to them. [FORMAL]

[V n to n] She bade farewell to her son...

[V n n] I bade her goodnight.

Syn:
2) VERB If you bid someone do something, you ask or invite them to do it. [LITERARY]

[V n inf] They all smiled at him and bade him eat...

[be V-ed] I dare say he did as he was bidden. [Also V n to-inf]

3) → See also bidding

English dictionary. 2008.

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