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Definition of bid 2 verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

bid2

verb
 
/bɪd/
 
/bɪd/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they bid
 
/bɪd/
 
/bɪd/
he / she / it bids
 
/bɪdz/
 
/bɪdz/
past simple bade
 
/beɪd/,
 
/bæd/
 
/beɪd/,
 
/bæd/
past simple bid
 
/bɪd/
 
/bɪd/
past participle bidden
 
/ˈbɪdn/
 
/ˈbɪdn/
past participle bid
 
/bɪd/
 
/bɪd/
-ing form bidding
 
/ˈbɪdɪŋ/
 
/ˈbɪdɪŋ/
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  1. bid (somebody) good morning, farewell, etc. (formal) to say ‘good morning’, etc. to somebody
    • I bade farewell to all the friends I had made in Paris.
    • I bade all my friends farewell.
    • He bade farewell to the city where he had been so happy.
    • He bade her good day and left.
  2. bid somebody (do something) (old use or literary) to tell somebody to do something
    • He bade me come closer.
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