# bid
## Translingual
### Symbol

bid
* (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Bidiyo.

### See also

* Wiktionary's coverage of Bidiyo terms

## English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bɪd/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɪd

### Etymology 1

From Middle English bidden, from Old English biddan (“to ask, demand”), from Proto-West Germanic *biddjan, from Proto-Germanic *bidjaną (“to ask”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰedʰ-. Conflated with Old English bēodan (“to offer, announce”) (see Etymology 2 below).
Compare West Frisian bidde, Low German bidden, Dutch bidden ("to pray"), German bitten, Danish bede, Norwegian Bokmål be.

#### Verb

bid (third-person singular simple present bids, present participle bidding, simple past bid or bade or (archaic) bad, past participle bid or bidden)
* (transitive) To issue a command; to tell.
    He bade me come in.
** c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene v]:Shylock: [...] Why Jessica, I say! Launcelot: Why, Jessica! Shylock: Who bids thee call? I do not bid thee call. Launcelot: Your worship was wont to tell me that I could do nothing without bidding.
* (transitive) To invite; to summon.
    She was bidden to the wedding.
** c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene v]:Jessica: Call you? What is your will? Shylock: I am bid forth to supper, Jessica: / [...] But wherefore should I go? / I am not bid for love; they flatter me;
** 1970, King Crimson (lyrics and music), “Cirkus (including "Entry of the Chameleons")”, in Lizard:In his cloak of words strode the ringmaster, / Bid me join the parade
* (transitive) To utter a greeting or salutation.
** c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii]:Portia: If I could bid the fifth welcome with so good heart as I / can bid the other four farewell, I should be glad of his / approach; […]
** 1960 November, L. Hyland, “The Irish Scene”, in Trains Illustrated, page 691: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.
* (obsolete) To proclaim (a bede, prayer); to pray.
** 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto X”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:All night she spent in bidding of her bedes, / And all the day in doing good and godly deedes.

##### Usage notes

The inflected forms bade, bad, and bidden are becoming less common (outside certain set phrases like “bade farewell”) than uninflected bid.

##### Derived terms

* bid adieu
* bid beads

##### Translations
### Etymology 2

From Middle English beden, from Old English bēodan (“to offer, announce”), from Proto-Germanic *beudaną (“to offer”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewdʰ- (“be awake, aware”). Conflated with Old English biddan (“to ask, demand”) (see Etymology 1 above). Compare Low German beden, Dutch bieden, German bieten, Danish byde, Norwegian Bokmål by. More at bede.

#### Verb

bid (third-person singular simple present bids, present participle bidding, simple past and past participle bid)
* (intransitive) To make an offer to pay or accept a certain price.
    Have you ever bid in an auction?
* (transitive) To offer as a price.
    She bid £2000 for the Persian carpet.
* (intransitive) To make an attempt.
    He was bidding for the chance to coach his team to victory once again.
* (transitive, intransitive, card games) To announce (one's goal), before starting play.
* (transitive, intransitive, trucking) To take a particular route regularly.
    I can’t believe he bid the Syracuse turn; that can be brutal in the winter!
* simple past and past participle of bid

##### Derived terms

* biddability
* biddable
* bid defiance to
* bid down
* bid fair
* bid in
* bid off
* bid up
* counterbid
* forbid
* misbid
* outbid
* overbid
* prebid
* rebid
* underbid
* upbid

##### Translations
#### Noun

bid (plural bids)
* An offer at an auction, or to carry out a piece of work.
    His bid was $35,000.
    The company tendered a bid for a lucrative transport contract.
* (ultimate frisbee) A (failed) attempt to receive or intercept a pass.
    Nice bid!
* An attempt, effort, or pursuit (of a goal).
    Their efforts represented a sincere bid for success.
    She put in her bid for the presidency.
    He put in his bid for office.
** 2012 May 13, Alistair Magowan, “Sunderland 0-1 Man Utd”, in BBC Sport‎:Then, as the Sunderland fans' cheers bellowed around the stadium, United's title bid was over when it became apparent City had pinched a last-gasp winner to seal their first title in 44 years.
** 1967 May, William F. Nolan, George Clayton Johnson, Logan's Run, Bantam Books, published 1976, →ISBN, page 16:[Running,] Doyle had passed up a dozen chances to go underground. He was swinging east again making another bid for Arcade.
* (trucking) A particular route that a driver regularly takes from their domicile.
    I can’t stand this new bid I’m on, even if the mileage is better.
* (prison slang) A prison sentence.
** 2007, Psych (TV series):
    So we ‘lawyered up’. That’s how they say it in the bucket, son, where I did an eight-hour bid.

##### Derived terms

* autobid
* beadle
* bid-ask spread
* biddance
* bid hook
* bid price
* bid rigging
* bid shading
* bid size
* bid wanted
* bid whist
* bidworthy
* commission bid
* counterbid
* cuebid
* donkey bid
* dummy bid
* leadership bid
* limit bid
* megabid
* overbid
* prebid
* rebid
* sealed bid
* straw bid
* takeover bid
* underbid
* upbid
* vendor bid

##### Translations
### References

* ↑ “Bid, bade, bidden”, Grammarist

### Anagrams

* DBI, DIB, Dib, IBD, IDB, dib

## Afrikaans
### Etymology

From Dutch bidden.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bət/, [bət]
* Audio:(file)

### Verb

bid (present bid, present participle biddende, past participle gebid)
* to pray

### References

* 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

## Cimbrian
### Etymology

Related to German Weide (“willow; wicker”).

### Noun

bid m (plural biddar, diminutive biddale)
* (Sette Comuni) wicker, osier

#### Declension
### References

* “bid” in Martalar, Umberto Martello, Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo

## Danish
### Etymology 1

From Old Norse bit n, from Proto-Germanic *bitą. Derived from the verb *bītaną (“to bite”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈb̥ið]
* Rhymes: -id

#### Noun

bid n (singular definite biddet, plural indefinite bid)
* bite (act of biting)

##### Inflection
### Etymology 2

From Old Norse biti m, from Proto-Germanic *bitô, cognate with German Bissen. Derived from the verb *bītaną (“to bite”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈb̥ið]

#### Noun

bid c (singular definite bidden, plural indefinite bidder)
* bit, morsel
* bite, mouthful

##### Inflection
### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈb̥iˀð], [ˈb̥iðˀ]

#### Verb

bid
* imperative of bide

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Verb

bid
* inflection of bidden:
** first-person singular present indicative
** (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
** imperative

## Old English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /biːd/

### Verb

bīd
* singular imperative of bīdan

## Old Irish
### Alternative forms

* bith

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [bʲiðʲ]

### Verb

bid
* inflection of is:
** third-person singular past subjunctive
** third-person singular future

### Noun

bid
* accusative/dative singular of buith (“being”)

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbit/
* Rhymes: -it
* Syllabification: bid
* Homophones: Bid, bit

### Noun

bid f
* genitive plural of bida

## Volapük
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [bid]

### Noun

bid (nominative plural bids)
* (taxonomy) genus
* sort; kind; type
* race

#### Declension

$^1$ status as a case is disputed $^2$ in later, non-classical Volapük only

#### Synonyms

* sot

#### Derived terms

* bidäd
* bidädik
* bidanem
* bidik
* filigabid
* garidabid
* hügien bidädik
* kaktudabid
* menabid
* menabidädahet
* menabidädakomip
* menabidädihet
* nimabid
* planabid
* vödabid

## Welsh
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /biːd/
* Rhymes: -iːd

### Verb

bid
* (literary) third-person singular imperative of bod

#### Synonyms

* bydded
* boed

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

## Zhuang
### Pronunciation

* (Standard Zhuang) IPA: /pit˧/
* Tone numbers: bid$^8$
* Hyphenation: bid

### Noun

bid (Sawndip forms 䖩 or 𧏻, 1957–1982 spelling bid)
* cicada
    Synonyms: (dialectal) biqrengh, (dialectal) nengzceq