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Bid has 14 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Verb

Definitions
Noun
1

an authoritative direction or instruction to do something

"The captain gave a sharp bid for all hands to abandon ship immediately as the storm broke."

2

an attempt to get something

"they made a futile play for power"

"he made a bid to gain attention"

3

a formal proposal to buy at a specified price

"The construction company submitted a bid of five million dollars to win the contract for renovating the old library."

4

(bridge) the number of tricks a bridge player is willing to contract to make

"After winning the auction, Sarah bid five spades, confident that her partnership could take at least five tricks."

5

An offer at an auction, or to carry out a piece of work.

"The contractor submitted a low bid to win the job of renovating the historic library."

In plain English: A bid is an offer to pay a certain amount of money to win something in an auction.

"The highest bid for the house was five hundred thousand dollars."

Usage: Use "bid" as a noun to describe a specific monetary offer made during an auction or a proposal submitted to win a contract for work. Do not confuse it with the verb form when referring to the act of offering itself unless you are explicitly naming that action.

Verb
1

propose a payment

"The Swiss dealer offered $2 million for the painting"

2

invoke upon

"wish you a nice evening"

"bid farewell"

3

ask for or request earnestly

"The prophet bid all people to become good persons"

4

make a demand, as for a card or a suit or a show of hands

"He called his trump"

5

make a serious effort to attain something

"His campaign bid for the attention of the poor population"

bid
6

ask someone in a friendly way to do something

"She bid me welcome as I walked through her front door."

7

To issue a command; to tell.

"The auctioneer paused after someone bid five hundred dollars for the vintage watch."

8

To make an offer to pay or accept a certain price.

In plain English: To bid is to make an offer of money to win something at an auction.

"They bid to win the contract for the new library project."

Usage: Use bid as a verb when you are making an offer to purchase something at a specific price during an auction or negotiation. You should not use it to mean "to request" or "to ask someone to do something," which is the correct usage of bade.

Adverb
1

Initialism of bis in diē..: twice a day, two times per day.

"The doctor advised me to take my new medication bid after meals and before bed."

In plain English: To bid is to make an offer of money for something being sold at an auction.

"She bid him goodbye before leaving the party."

Usage: Do not use "bid" as an adverb to mean "twice a day," as that is a Latin abbreviation written as b.i.d., not the English word bid. Use the word bid only as a verb meaning to offer something or make an attempt, such as bidding on an auction item.

Example Sentences
"She bid him goodbye before leaving the party." adv
"The highest bid for the house was five hundred thousand dollars." noun
"They bid to win the contract for the new library project." verb
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Origin

The word comes from the Latin phrase bis in diē, which literally means "twice a day." This original sense of occurring two times daily was the core meaning before it evolved into its modern usage.

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