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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/ |
- 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.
- bid somebody (do something) (old use or literary) to tell somebody to do something
- He bade me come closer.
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