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Webster 1913 Edition

Bid

Bid

(bĭd)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp.
Bade
(băd)
,
Bid
,
(Obs.)
Bad
;
p. p.
Bidden
,
Bid
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Bidding
.]
[OE.
bidden
, prop to ask, beg, AS.
biddan
; akin to OS.
biddian
, Icel.
biðja
, OHG.
bittan
, G.
bitten
, to pray, ask, request, and E.
bead
, also perh. to Gr.
τειθειν
to persuade, L.
fidere
to trust, E.
faith
, and
bide
. But this word was early confused with OE.
beden
,
beoden
, AS.
beódan
, to offer, command; akin to Icel.
bjōða
, Goth.
biudan
(in comp.), OHG.
biotan
to command, bid, G.
bieten
, D.
bieden
, to offer, also to Gr.
πυνθάνεσθαι
to learn by inquiry, Skr.
budh
to be awake, to heed, present OSlav.
budēti
to be awake, E.
bode
, v. The word now has the form of OE.
bidden
to ask, but the meaning of OE.
beden
to command, except in “to bid beads.” √30.]
1.
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.
To offer in words; to declare, as a wish, a greeting, a threat, or defiance, etc.;
as, to
bid
one welcome; to
bid
good morning, farewell, etc.
Neither
bid
him God speed.
2. John 10.
He
bids
defiance to the gaping crowd.
Granrille.
3.
To proclaim; to declare publicly; to make known.
[Mostly obs.]
“Our banns thrice bid !”
Gay.
4.
To order; to direct; to enjoin; to command.
That Power who
bids
the ocean ebb and flow.
Pope
Lord, if it be thou,
bid
me come unto thee.
Matt. xiv. 28
I was
bid
to pick up shells.
D. Jerrold.
5.
To invite; to call in; to request to come.
As many as ye shall find,
bid
to the marriage.
Matt. xxii. 9
To bid beads
,
to pray with beads, as the Roman Catholics; to distinguish each bead by a prayer.
[Obs.]
–
To bid defiance to
,
to defy openly; to brave.
–
To bid fair
,
to offer a good prospect; to make fair promise; to seem likely.
Syn. – To offer; proffer; tender; propose; order; command; direct; charge; enjoin.

Bid

,
imp.
&
p.
p.
of
Bid
.

Bid

,
Noun.
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.

Bid

,
Verb.
I.
[See
Bid
,
Verb.
T.
]
1.
To pray.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.
2.
To make a bid; to state what one will pay or take.

Webster 1828 Edition

Bid

BID

,
Verb.
T.
pret. bid, or bade; pp. bid, bidden. [L. peto, to drive at, to attack, to ask, to desire, to beseech, anciently beto; impetus. Applied to the voice, it denotes utterance, a driving of sounds, which is applied to asking, prayer, and command. Class Bd.]
1.
To ask; to request; to invite.
Go ye into the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage. Math.22.
This sense is antiquated, but we have the same word from the Latin, in invite, [in and bid.]

Definition 2024

bid

bid

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

English

Verb

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 to come in.
  2. (transitive) To invite; to summon; to pray for; to offer.
    She was bidden to the wedding.
    Bid, Lord, a blessing.
  3. (transitive) To utter a greeting or salutation.
Usage notes

The inflected forms bade, bad, and bidden are archaic. They remain in marginal use, particularly regarding greetings, as in “bade farewell”, but uninflected bid is significantly more common, and bidden is especially rare.[1]

When it 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 or bad is used in formal speech the pronunciation /bæd/ may be heard. However, when a dated text is being read or recited (e.g. on stage, in school or in church etc.) /beɪd/ is quite usual.

Derived terms
Translations

Etymology 2

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

Verb

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.
Derived terms
Translations

Noun

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:
      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 0553025171, page 16:
      [Running,] Doyle had passed up a dozen chances to go underground. He was swinging east again making another bid for Arcade.
Derived terms
Translations

References

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

Anagrams

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse bit.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bid/, [b̥ið]

Noun

bid n (singular definite biddet, plural indefinite bid)

  1. bite (act of biting)
Inflection

Etymology 2

From Middle Low German bīt, replacing a two-syllable form biti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bid/, [b̥ið]

Noun

bid c (singular definite bidden, plural indefinite bidder)

  1. bit, morsel
  2. bite, mouthful
Inflection

Etymology 3

See bide.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /biːd/, [b̥iðˀ]

Verb

bid

  1. imperative of bide

Dutch

Pronunciation

Verb

bid

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

Lojban

Rafsi

bid

  1. rafsi of bindo.

Old Irish

Alternative forms

Verb

bid

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

Volapük

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [bid]

Noun

bid ‎(plural bids)

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

Declension

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • bidäd
  • bidädik
  • bidanem
  • bidik
  • filigabid
  • garidabid
  • hügien bidädik
  • kaktudabid
  • menabid
  • menabidädahet
  • menabidädakomip
  • menabidädihet
  • nimabid
  • planabid
  • vödabid

Welsh

Verb

bid

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

Synonyms

  • bydded
  • boed

Mutation

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.

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɪd/
  • Rhymes: -ɪd

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