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    - offer, tender
  2. Invoke upon
    "bid farewell";
    - wish
  3. Ask for or request earnestly
    "The prophet bid all people to become good persons";
    - beseech, entreat, adjure, press, conjure
    "He bade his trump";
    - call
  5. Make a serious effort to attain something
    "His campaign bid for the attention of the poor population"
  6. Ask someone in a friendly way to do something
    - invite
Noun: bid  bid
  1. An authoritative direction or instruction to do something
    - command, bidding, dictation
  2. An attempt to get something
    "he made a bid to gain attention";
    - play
  3. A formal proposal to buy at a specified price
    - tender
    - bidding

Derived forms: bidding, bids, bade, bidden

Type of: attempt, effort, endeavor [US], endeavour [Brit, Cdn], greet, offer, offering, play, plead, recognise [Brit], recognize, request, seek, speech act, statement, try

Part of: bridge

Encyclopedia: Bid, Razavi Khorasan