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Another word for bid

bid Synonyms

bid

n.

An offer
proposal, proposition, declaration, tender; see proposal 1, suggestion 1.
An effort to gain an end
attempt, try, effort, gambit; see effort 2.
*An invitation
request, summons, proposal; see invitation 1, 2.

bid Synonyms

bid

v.

To propose a price for purchase
offer, venture, proffer, tender, bid for, submit a bid, make an offer.
To offer a commitment at cards
declare, name a trump, bid in, name a suit, open, respond.
To order
demand, charge, direct, instruct; see command 1.
To invite
request, ask, solicit; see invite 1, 2.

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Another word for bid

verb

To give orders to:
charge, command, direct, enjoin, instruct, order, tell. See over, words
To request that someone take part in or be present at a particular occasion:
ask, invite. See warn
To make an offer of:
offer. (Informal) go. See offer

noun

Something offered:
offer, proffer, proposal, tender². See offer
A spoken or written request for someone to take part or be present:
invitation. (Informal) invite. See warn

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They bid them goodnight and climbed the stairs.
The impulse to do as he bid was too strong.
She bid him goodbye and walked away.
They entered into deep conversation, discussing the pending bid item—a statue of a nymph waving a snake.
In the preface to a German translation of Bonnet's essay on Christian Evidences, Lavater publicly challenged Mendelssohn to refute Bonnet or if he could not then to "do what wisdom, the love of truth and honesty must bid him, what a Socrates would have done if he had read the book and found it unanswerable."

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