bid
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4.2
- noun
- /bɪd/
- Archaic
:
mandato
- His power in this realm is beyond control, with many of us forced to do his bidding.
- at the government's bid
Examples
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I am here at His Excellency Grand Prince's bidding.
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Yet they expected him to do their bidding, to be at their service when they needed him.
Fiction book (2001) -
Now I ask you to do my bidding in all things, exactly as I shall tell you.
Fiction book (1995) -
We do the bidding of the gods.
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We each do the Master's bidding in our own way.
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When you give the word, a thousand armed men will come to do your bidding.
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Are you here at Agamemnon's bidding?
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It was done at my bidding.
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ASI archaeologists are poorly paid government employees; they do the bidding of their government.
Academic text (2004) -
The teacher gave a bid for silence before starting the exam.
Synonyms
392
3.7
An order given by someone in authority or a computer instruction
180
2.0
An official instruction telling someone what to do
124
7.9
A spoken signal to begin an action
24
9.8
An order or strong request from someone in power to make you do something
1
4.8
An order given by a person in authority
1
4.4
A request or order from someone in authority
Compounds
- Specialized
An offer to buy shares that pays more for control shares and less for others
How Forceful
Surface Forms
Etymology
Bid comes from the old English verb biddan, which meant 'to ask' or 'to command', and you can see this sense in words like forbid; so a bid is an order or instruction from someone in authority.