- command, bid, bidding, dictation - an authoritative direction or instruction to do something
--1 is a kind of speech act
--1 has particulars:countermand; order; commission, charge, direction; commandment; injunction; behest; open sesame Derived form: verb bid3 - bidding, summons - a request to be present; "they came at his bidding"
--2 is a kind of invitation
Derived form: verb bid6 - bid, bidding - (bridge) the number of tricks a bridge player is willing to contract to make
--3 is a kind of statement
--3 is a part of bridge
--3 has particulars:contract, declaration; takeout; overbid, overcall; preemptive bid Derived form: verb bid4
- offer, bid, tender - propose a payment; "The Swiss dealer offered $2 million for the painting"
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun bid3, noun bidder1
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
- wish, bid - invoke upon; "wish you a nice evening"; "bid farewell"
--2 is one way to greet, recognize, recognise
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
- bid, beseech, entreat, adjure, press, conjure - ask for or request earnestly; "The prophet bid all people to become good persons"
--3 is one way to plead
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun bid1, noun bidding1
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
- bid, call - make a demand, as for a card or a suit or a show of hands; "He called his trump"
--4 is one way to play
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun bid4, noun bidder2, noun bidding3
Somebody ----s
- bid - make a serious effort to attain something; "His campaign bid for the attention of the poor population"
--5 is one way to seek
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun bid3, noun bid2
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- invite, bid - ask someone in a friendly way to do something
--6 is one way to request
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun bidding2
They bid him to write the letter