| VERB | possession | bid, offer, tender | propose a payment |
|---|---|---|---|
| communication | bid, wish | invoke upon | |
| communication | bid, beseech, entreat, adjure, press, conjure | ask for or request earnestly | |
| possession | bid, call | make a demand, as for a card or a suit or a show of hands | |
| possession | bid | make a serious effort to attain something | |
| communication | bid, invite | ask someone in a friendly way to do something | |
| NOUN | communication | bid, command, bidding, dictation | an authoritative direction or instruction to do something |
| act | bid, play | an attempt to get something | |
| communication | bid, tender | a formal proposal to buy at a specified price | |
| communication | bid, bidding | (bridge) the number of tricks a bridge player is willing to contract to make |
| Sounds | bih'd | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abbreviated ... wrongheaded: 610 rhymes with ihd... | |
| Meaning | An authoritative direction or instruction to do something. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | command, bidding, dictation | |
| Narrower | behest | An authoritative command or request |
| commandment | Something that is commanded | |
| commission, charge, direction | A formal statement of a command or injunction to do something | |
| countermand | A contrary command cancelling or reversing a previous command | |
| injunction | A formal command or admonition | |
| open sesame | A magical command | |
| order | (often plural) a command given by a superior (e.g., a military or law enforcement officer) that must be obeyed | |
| Broader | speech act | The use of language to perform some act |
| Spanish | dictado, orden | |
| Catalan | dictat, ordre | |
| Verbs | bid | ask for or request earnestly |
| Meaning | An attempt to get something. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "he made a bid to gain attention" | |
| Synonym | play | |
| Broader | attempt, effort, endeavor, endeavour, try | earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish / accomplish something |
| Verbs | bid | make a serious effort to attain something |
| Meaning | A formal proposal to buy at a specified price. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | tender | |
| Narrower | buyout bid | A bid to buy all of a person's holdings |
| overbid | A bid that is higher than preceding bids | |
| Broader | offer, offering | Something offered (as a proposal or bid) |
| Spanish | oferta, propuesta | |
| Catalan | oferta | |
| Verbs | bid | propose a payment |
| bid | make a serious effort to attain something | |
| Meaning | (bridge) the number of tricks a bridge player is willing to contract to make. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | bidding | |
| Category | bridge | Any of various card games based on whist for four players |
| Part of | bridge | Any of various card games based on whist for four players |
| Narrower | contract, declaration | (contract bridge) the highest bid becomes the contract setting the number of tricks that the bidder must make |
| overbid, overcall | (bridge) a bid that is higher than your opponent's bid (especially when your partner has not bid at all and your bid exceeds the value of your hand) | |
| preemptive bid, pre-empt, preempt | A high bid that is intended to prevent the opposing players from bidding | |
| takeout | (bridge) a bid that asks your partner to bid another suit | |
| Broader | statement | A message that is stated or declared |
| Spanish | apuesta, licitación, oferta, puja, remate | |
| Catalan | aposta, juguesca, licitació, oferta, rematada | |
| Verbs | bid | make a demand, as for a card or a suit or a show of hands |
| Meaning | Propose a payment. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP | |
| Synonyms | offer, tender | |
| Category | auction, auction sale, vendue | The public sale of something to the highest bidder |
| Entails | dicker, bargain | negotiate the terms of an exchange |
| Narrower | by-bid | bid on behalf of someone else |
| outbid | bid higher than others | |
| overbid | bid more than the object is worth | |
| subscribe | offer to buy, as of stocks and shares | |
| underbid | bid too low | |
| underbid | bid lower than a competing bidder | |
| Spanish | ofertar, ofrecer, pujar | |
| Catalan | oferir, ofertar | |
| Nouns | bid | a formal proposal to buy at a specified price |
| bidder | someone who makes an offer | |
| Meaning | Invoke upon. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody something; Somebody ----s something to somebody | |
| Example | "bid farewell" | |
| Synonym | wish | |
| Narrower | congratulate, felicitate | Express congratulations |
| Broader | greet, recognize, recognise | Express greetings upon meeting someone |
| Spanish | decir, desear | |
| Meaning | ask for or request earnestly. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE | |
| Example | "The prophet bid all people to become good persons" | |
| Synonyms | beseech, entreat, adjure, press, conjure | |
| Broader | plead | appeal or request earnestly |
| Spanish | adjurar, conjurar, implorar, requerir, rogar, suplicar | |
| Catalan | implorar, instar | |
| Adjectives | biddable | willing to carry out the orders or wishes of another without protest |
| Nouns | bid, bidding | an authoritative direction or instruction to do something |
| Meaning | make a demand, as for a card or a suit or a show of hands. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Synonym | call | |
| Category | card game, cards | A game / game played with playing cards |
| Narrower | double | (bridge) make a demand for (a card or suit) |
| outbid | bid over an opponent's bid when one's partner has not bid or doubled | |
| outcall | make a higher bid than (the previous bid or player) | |
| overbid | To bid for more tricks than one can expect to win, | |
| preempt | make a preemptive bid in the game of bridge | |
| raise | bid (one's partner's suit) at a higher level | |
| underbid | bid (a hand of cards) at less than the strength of the hand warrants | |
| Broader | play | participate in games / games or sport |
| Spanish | pujar | |
| Nouns | bid, bidding | (bridge) the number of tricks a bridge player is willing to contract to make |
| bidder | someone who makes a bid at cards | |
| Meaning | make a serious effort to attain something. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "His campaign bid for the attention of the poor population" | |
| Broader | seek | try to get or reach / reach |
| Spanish | luchar, pujar | |
| Nouns | bid | an attempt to get something |
| bid | a formal proposal to buy at a specified price | |
| Meaning | ask someone in a friendly way to do something. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody INFINITIVE | |
| Model | They bid him to write the letter | |
| Synonym | invite | |
| Narrower | challenge | issue a challenge to |
| tempt, allure | dispose or incline or entice to | |
| Broader | request | ask (a person) to do something |
| Spanish | invitar | |
| Catalan | convidar, invitar | |
| Adjectives | biddable | willing to carry out the orders or wishes of another without protest |
| Nouns | bidding | a request to be present |
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