bid
//bɪd//
Forms
- Plural
- bids
- present (v1)
- bid
- past (v2)
- bid
- past participle (v3)
- bid
- present participle
- bidding
- 3rd person singular
- bids
Definitions
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.
1.To issue a command; to tell.
- He bade me come in.
2.To invite; to summon.
- She was bidden to the wedding.
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.To make an offer to pay or accept a certain price.
- Have you ever bid in an auction?
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.A (failed) attempt to receive or intercept a pass.
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.