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bid
Overview of noun bid
The noun bid has 4 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (1) command, bid, bidding, dictation -- (an authoritative direction or instruction to do something)
2. (1) bid, play -- (an attempt to get something; "they made a futile play for power"; "he made a bid to gain attention")
3. bid, tender -- (a formal proposal to buy at a specified price)
4. bid, bidding -- ((bridge) the number of tricks a bridge player is willing to contract to make)
Overview of verb bid
The verb bid has 6 senses (first 6 from tagged texts)
1. (6) offer, bid, tender -- (propose a payment; "The Swiss dealer offered $2 million for the painting")
2. (3) wish, bid -- (invoke upon; "wish you a nice evening"; "bid farewell")
3. (3) bid, beseech, entreat, adjure, press, conjure -- (ask for or request earnestly; "The prophet bid all people to become good persons")
4. (1) bid, call -- (make a demand, as for a card or a suit or a show of hands; "He called his trump")
5. (1) bid -- (make a serious effort to attain something; "His campaign bid for the attention of the poor population")
6. (1) invite, bid -- (ask someone in a friendly way to do something)
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun bid
4 senses of bid
Sense 1
command, bid, bidding, dictation
=> speech act
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
bid, play
=> attempt, effort, endeavor, endeavour, try
=> activity
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 3
bid, tender
=> offer, offering
=> message, content, subject matter, substance
=> communication
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 4
bid, bidding
=> statement
=> message, content, subject matter, substance
=> communication
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun bid
3 of 4 senses of bid
Sense 1
command, bid, bidding, dictation
=> countermand
=> order
=> commission, charge, direction
=> commandment
=> injunction
=> behest
=> open sesame
Sense 3
bid, tender
=> overbid
=> buyout bid
Sense 4
bid, bidding
=> contract, declaration
=> takeout
=> overbid, overcall
=> preemptive bid, pre-empt, preempt
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun bid
4 senses of bid
Sense 1
command, bid, bidding, dictation
=> speech act
Sense 2
bid, play
=> attempt, effort, endeavor, endeavour, try
Sense 3
bid, tender
=> offer, offering
Sense 4
bid, bidding
=> statement
Antonyms of noun bid
Member Holonyms of noun bid
Substance Holonyms of noun bid
Part Holonyms of noun bid
1 of 4 senses of bid
Sense 4
bid, bidding
PART OF: bridge
Member Meronyms of noun bid
Substance Meronyms of noun bid
Part Meronyms of noun bid
Meronyms of noun bid
Holonyms of noun bid
1 of 4 senses of bid
Sense 4
bid, bidding
PART OF: bridge
Attributes of noun bid
Derived Forms of noun bid
4 senses of bid
Sense 1
command, bid, bidding, dictation
RELATED TO>(verb) bid#3
=> bid, beseech, entreat, adjure, press, conjure
Sense 2
bid, play
RELATED TO>(verb) bid#5
=> bid
Sense 3
bid, tender
RELATED TO>(verb) bid#5
=> bid
RELATED TO>(verb) bid#1
=> offer, bid, tender
Sense 4
bid, bidding
RELATED TO>(verb) bid#4
=> bid, call
Domain of noun bid
1 of 4 senses of bid
Sense 4
bid, bidding
TOPIC>(noun) bridge#5
Domain Terms of noun bid
Familiarity of noun bid
bid used as a noun is uncommon (polysemy count =4)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun bid
4 senses of bid
Sense 1
command, bid, bidding, dictation
> speech act
=> congratulation, felicitation
=> slander
=> proposal, proposition
=> command, bid, bidding, dictation
=> agreement
=> citation
=> disagreement
=> offer, offering
=> request, asking
=> reply, response
=> description
=> affirmation, assertion, statement
=> denial
=> rejection
=> objection
=> informing, making known
=> disclosure, revelation, revealing
=> promise
=> boast, boasting, self-praise, jactitation
=> naming
=> challenge
=> explanation
=> denunciation, denouncement
=> address, speech
=> resignation
Sense 2
bid, play
> attempt, effort, endeavor, endeavour, try
=> batting
=> best
=> worst
=> bid, play
=> crack, fling, go, pass, whirl, offer
=> essay
=> foray
=> contribution, part, share
=> liberation
=> mug's game
=> power play, squeeze play, squeeze
=> seeking
=> shot, stab
=> shot
=> striving, nisus, pains, strain
=> struggle, battle
=> takeover attempt
=> test, trial, run
=> test, trial
Sense 3
bid, tender
> offer, offering
=> contract offer
=> marriage proposal, proposal of marriage, marriage offer, proposal
=> proposition
=> counteroffer
=> bid, tender
=> prospectus
=> tender offer
=> reward
=> rights offering, rights issue
=> special
=> peace offering, olive branch
=> twofer
Sense 4
bid, bidding
> statement
=> summary, sum-up
=> pleading
=> amendment
=> thing
=> truth, true statement
=> description, verbal description
=> declaration
=> announcement, proclamation, annunciation, declaration
=> Bill of Rights
=> formula
=> mathematical statement
=> bid, bidding
=> word
=> explanation, account
=> explicandum, explanandum
=> explanans
=> value statement
=> representation
=> solution, answer, result, resolution, solvent
=> answer, reply, response
=> announcement, promulgation
=> prediction, foretelling, forecasting, prognostication
=> proposition
=> quotation
=> falsehood, falsity, untruth
=> understatement
=> reservation, qualification
=> cautious statement
=> comment, commentary
=> remark, comment
=> rhetorical question
=> misstatement
=> restatement
=> agreement, understanding
=> condition, term
=> estimate
=> formula, chemical formula
=> representation
=> declaration
=> assurance
=> recital
=> negation
Meronyms of noun bid
4 senses of bid
Holonyms of noun bid
1 of 4 senses of bid
Sense 4
bid, bidding
PART OF: bridge
Grep of noun bid
any-and-all bid
bid
bid price
bida
bidder
bidding
bidding contest
biddy
bidens
bidens bipinnata
bidens connata
bidens coronata
bidens trichosperma
bidens tripartita
bidet
buyout bid
cefobid
cymbid
dolobid
overbid
preemptive bid
slo-bid
takeover bid
theobid
two-tier bid
Antonyms of verb bid
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb bid
6 senses of bid
Sense 1
offer, bid, tender
Sense 2
wish, bid
=> greet, recognize, recognise
=> address, accost, come up to
=> come, come up
=> travel, go, move, locomote
Sense 3
bid, beseech, entreat, adjure, press, conjure
=> plead
=> appeal, invoke
=> request, bespeak, call for, quest
=> communicate, pass on, pass, pass along, put across
=> convey, transmit, communicate
=> transfer
=> move, displace
Sense 4
bid, call
=> play
=> compete, vie, contend
Sense 5
bid
=> seek
=> desire, want
Sense 6
invite, bid
=> request
=> ask
=> request, bespeak, call for, quest
=> communicate, pass on, pass, pass along, put across
=> convey, transmit, communicate
=> transfer
=> move, displace
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb bid
4 of 6 senses of bid
Sense 1
offer, bid, tender
=> by-bid
=> subscribe
=> overbid
=> underbid
=> outbid
=> underbid
Sense 2
wish, bid
=> congratulate, felicitate
Sense 4
bid, call
=> raise
=> double
=> outcall
=> underbid
=> outbid
=> overbid
=> preempt
Sense 6
invite, bid
=> tempt, allure
=> challenge
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb bid
6 senses of bid
Sense 1
offer, bid, tender
Sense 2
wish, bid
=> greet, recognize, recognise
Sense 3
bid, beseech, entreat, adjure, press, conjure
=> plead
Sense 4
bid, call
=> play
Sense 5
bid
=> seek
Sense 6
invite, bid
=> request
'Cause To' of verb bid
Derived Forms of verb bid
5 of 6 senses of bid
Sense 1
offer, bid, tender
RELATED TO>(noun) bid#3
=> bid, tender
RELATED TO>(noun) bidder#1
=> bidder
Sense 3
bid, beseech, entreat, adjure, press, conjure
RELATED TO>(adj) biddable#1
=> acquiescent, biddable
RELATED TO>(noun) bid#1
=> command, bid, bidding, dictation
RELATED TO>(noun) bidding#1
=> command, bid, bidding, dictation
Sense 4
bid, call
RELATED TO>(noun) bid#4
=> bid, bidding
RELATED TO>(noun) bidder#2
=> bidder
RELATED TO>(noun) bidding#3
=> bid, bidding
Sense 5
bid
RELATED TO>(noun) bid#3
=> bid, tender
RELATED TO>(noun) bid#2
=> bid, play
Sense 6
invite, bid
RELATED TO>(adj) biddable#1
=> acquiescent, biddable
RELATED TO>(noun) bidding#2
=> bidding, summons
Domain of verb bid
2 of 6 senses of bid
Sense 1
offer, bid, tender
TOPIC>(noun) auction#2, auction sale#1, vendue#1
Sense 4
bid, call
TOPIC>(noun) card game#1, cards#1
Domain Terms of verb bid
Familiarity of verb bid
bid used as a verb is common (polysemy count =6)
Sample Sentences of verb bid
6 senses of bid
Sense 1
offer, bid, tender
*> Somebody ----s
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s something PP
Sense 2
wish, bid
*> Somebody ----s somebody something
*> Somebody ----s something to somebody
Sense 3
bid, beseech, entreat, adjure, press, conjure
*> Somebody ----s somebody
*> Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
Sense 4
bid, call
*> Somebody ----s
Sense 5
bid
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Sense 6
invite, bid
EX: They bid him to write the letter
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb bid
5 of 6 senses of bid
Sense 2
wish, bid
> greet, recognize, recognise
=> shake hands
=> curtsy, bob
=> salute
=> salute, present
=> salute
=> hail, herald
=> welcome, receive
=> say farewell
=> wish, bid
Sense 3
bid, beseech, entreat, adjure, press, conjure
> plead
=> beg, implore, pray
=> bid, beseech, entreat, adjure, press, conjure
Sense 4
bid, call
> play
=> line up
=> curl
=> snooker
=> revoke
=> develop
=> develop
=> die
=> misplay
=> start
=> fumble
=> volley
=> unblock
=> replay
=> cricket
=> backstop
=> fullback
=> quarterback
=> cradle
=> exit
=> play out
=> field
=> catch
=> face off, bully off
=> tee off
=> ace
=> complete, nail
=> gamble
=> walk
=> bowl
=> golf
=> bandy
=> foul
=> put out
=> croquet
=> putt
=> teeter-totter, teetertotter, seesaw
=> bid, call
Sense 5
bid
> seek
=> bid
=> quest
Sense 6
invite, bid
> request
=> order, tell, enjoin, say
=> call
=> invite, bid
=> propose, declare oneself, offer, pop the question
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb bid
Sense 1
offer, bid, tender
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Sense 2
wish, bid
=> greet, recognize, recognise
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Sense 3
bid, beseech, entreat, adjure, press, conjure
=> plead
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Sense 4
bid, call
=> play
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Sense 5
bid
=> seek
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Sense 6
invite, bid
=> request
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Grep of verb bid
bid
bide
by-bid
forbid
outbid
overbid
underbid
Grep of adj bid
biddable
bidentate
bidirectional
morbid
rabid
turbid
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