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bid

//bɪd//

Adverb

A word that modifies a verb, adjective, another adverb, or a clause.

Noun

A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Verb

A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

Note for bid

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Forms

Noun

A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Plural
bids

Verb

A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

present (v1)
bid
past (v2)
bid
past participle (v3)
bid
present participle
bidding
3rd person singular
bids

Definitions

Adverb

A word that modifies a verb, adjective, another adverb, or a clause.

  1. 1.twice a day, two times per day

    • It has been repeatedly documented that moving patients from a TID dosing regimen to BID or OD vastly improves compliance, and thus the medicine's effectiveness.

Verb

A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

  1. 1.To issue a command; to tell.

    • He bade me come in.
  2. 2.To invite; to summon.

    • She was bidden to the wedding.
  3. 3.To utter a greeting or salutation.

    • The last train, a three-coach A.E.C. unit, from Belfast to Crumlin and back, was bade farewell with fog signals as it carried a capacity crowd of last-trip travellers.
  4. 4.To make an offer to pay or accept a certain price.

    • Have you ever bid in an auction?

Noun

A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

  1. 1.An offer at an auction, or to carry out a piece of work.

    • The company tendered a bid for a lucrative transport contract.
  2. 2.A (failed) attempt to receive or intercept a pass.

  3. 3.An attempt, effort, or pursuit (of a goal).

    • She put in her bid for the presidency.
    • Their efforts represented a sincere bid for success.
    • He put in his bid for office.

Frequency

Overall

Rare· #4396

By learning goal

Everyday conversation
Rare
General reading & writing
Rare
Academic
Rare
Literature
Rare

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin bis in diē.

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